Excused versus unexcused: How student absences in elementary school affect academic achievement

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-415

  Gottfried, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Economic analysis; Elementary education; Statistical analysis; Student attendance

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749088226     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373709342467     Document Type: Article

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