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Intervention, Evaluation, and Policy Studies

Class Size Effects on Fourth-Grade Mathematics Achievement: Evidence From TIMSS 2011

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Pages 503-530 | Received 05 Mar 2015, Accepted 26 Sep 2015, Published online: 17 Jun 2016

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