Middle school or junior high? How grade-level configurations affect academic achievement

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-496

  Dhuey, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; LITERACY; MATHEMATICS; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84878198529     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caje.12020     Document Type: Article

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