The Academic Effects of Summer Instruction and Retention in New York City

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-117

  Mariano, Louis T ^a   Martorell, Paco ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

regression discontinuity; student retention; summer instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874202380     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712454327     Document Type: Article

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