Linkages of school structural and socioenvironmental characteristics to parental satisfaction with public education and student academic achievement

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-186

  Griffith, James ^a,b  

^a Montgomery County Public Schools   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0031574608     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb00627.x     Document Type: Article

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