Performance trajectories and performance gaps as achievement effect-size benchmarks for educational interventions

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-328

  Bloom, Howard S ^a   Hill, Carolyn J ^b   Black, Alison Rebeck ^a   Lipsey, Mark W ^c  

^a MDRC   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational evaluation; Effect size; Student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009597168     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345740802400072     Document Type: Article

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