Instructional conditions in charter schools and students' mathematics achievement gains

American Journal of Education

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-335

  Berends, Mark ^a   Goldring, Ellen ^b   Stein, Marc ^c   Cravens, Xiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951168852     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651411     Document Type: Article

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