The effect of kindergarten classroom size reduction on second grade student achievement: Evidence from California

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-414

  Funkhouser, Edward ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom size reduction; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349264106     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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