What makes schools effective? A comparison of the relationships of communitarian climate and academic climate to mathematics achievement and attendance during middle school

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 633-662

  Phillips, Meredith ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031493932     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312034004633     Document Type: Article

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