How consistent are class size effects?

Evaluation Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-92

  Konstantopoulos, Spyros ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class size; student achievement; treatment effect; variability

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 79952904118     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X11399847     Document Type: Article

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