What a difference a day makes: Estimating daily learning gains during kindergarten and first grade using a natural experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Fitzpatrick, Maria D ^a   Grissmer, David ^b   Hastedt, Sarah ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural experiment; School resources; School year length

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 79952186382     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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