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The negative impacts of starting middle school in sixth grade

  1. Philip J. Cook1,
  2. Robert MacCoun1,
  3. Clara Muschkin2,
  4. Jacob Vigdor1

Article first published online: 4 DEC 2007

DOI: 10.1002/pam.20309

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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volume 27, Issue 1, pages 104–121, Winter 2008

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Cook, P. J., MacCoun, R., Muschkin, C. and Vigdor, J. (2008), The negative impacts of starting middle school in sixth grade. J. Pol. Anal. Manage., 27: 104–121. doi: 10.1002/pam.20309

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  1. 1

    Duke University

  2. 2

    University of California, Berkeley

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  1. Issue published online: 4 DEC 2007
  2. Article first published online: 4 DEC 2007

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