Class Size And Student Achievement: Experimental Estimates Of Who Benefits And Who Loses From Reductions
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Keywords
Class size; Academic performance; Project STAR; Economic disadvantaged students; Minority students;All these keywords.
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- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2006-03-18 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2006-03-18 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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