Exploring the achievement gap between white and minority students in Texas: A Comparison of the 1996 and 2000 NAEP and TAAS eighth grade mathematics test results

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Linton, Thomas H ^a,b,c   Kester, Donald ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University ^*  (United States)

^c Texas Education Agency   (United States)

^d Los Angeles County Office of Education   (United States)

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EID: 3042558308     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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