Head start children: School mobility and achievement in the early grades

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Mantzicopoulos, Panayota ^a   Knutson, Dana J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039030639     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670009598722     Document Type: Article

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