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Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement

The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size

Christopher Jepsen and Steven Rivkin
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 223-250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.223
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