The cost effectiveness of 22 approaches for raising student achievement

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-75

  Yeh, Stuart S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79551601008     PISSN: 00989495     EISSN: 19446470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jef.0.0029     Document Type: Article

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