Central exit examinations increase performance... but take the fun out of mathematics

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-517

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Schneider, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

State mandated exams; Student achievement; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749156278     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0234-3     Document Type: Article

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