Elementary School Interventions: Experimental Evidence on Postsecondary Outcomes

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-436

  Hemelt, Steven W ^a   Roth, Kimberly B ^b,c   Eaton, William W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

elementary school; Good Behavior Game; Mastery Learning; postsecondary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886033700     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713493131     Document Type: Article

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