Class size reduction or rapid formative assessment?. A comparison of cost-effectiveness

Educational Research Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Yeh, Stuart S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cost effectiveness; Economics of education; Educational finance; Educational policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249087539     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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