How Important Are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's METCO Program. Working Paper Series /

How Important Are Classroom Peer Effects? [electronic resource] : Evidence from Boston's METCO Program. Working Paper Series / Joshua Angrist, D. and Kevin Lang.

This paper studies the impact of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities (METCO), a desegregation program that sends mostly black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more affluent suburban districts. It examines METCO's impact on the test scores...

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Main Authors: Angrist, Joshua, D., Lang, Kevin (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, National Bureau of Economic Research
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002.
Subjects:
Black Students.
Busing.
Elementary Secondary Education.
Low Achievement.
Minority Group Children.
Peer Influence.
Public Schools.
Racial Composition.
School Desegregation.
Scores.

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