Issues in Education: Class Size: A Battle between Accountability and Quality Instruction

Childhood Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-170

  Januszka, Cynthia ^a   Dixon Krauss, Lisbeth ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78549269922     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2008.10523000     Document Type: Article

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