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Download full textSojourner, Aaron – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
This paper contributes empirically to the literature on peer effects in first-grade classrooms. The paper examines peer effects on academic achievement among first graders randomly assigned to their classrooms and to their teachers as part of Tennessee's Project STAR, America's largest ever education experiment. The analysis draws on previously…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Peer Groups, Classrooms, Peer Influence
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Direct linkHockert, Christine; Harrington, Sonja; Vaughn, Debra; Kelly, Kirk; Gooden, John – ERS Spectrum, 2005
This study was designed to answer the question "Does excessive absenteeism affect student academic achievement?" During the 2002-2003 academic year, 188 students attending grades 3 through 5 at an urban Tennessee elementary school with a high poverty level participated in the study. Demographic data were gathered to provide descriptive…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis
