Cognitive skills, test scores, and social stratification: The role of family and school-level resources on racial/ethnic differences in scores on standardized tests (AFQT)

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 31-71

  Cordero Guzmán, Héctor R ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 23044533081     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-001-1008-2     Document Type: Article

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