Classroom homogeneity and the distribution of student math performance: A country-level fixed-effects analysis

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 781-791

  Huang, Min Hsiung ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STUDIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ability grouping; Classroom homogeneity; Fixed effects model; Math performance; TIMSS; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749126428     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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