Retention realities and educational standards

Children and Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Leckrone, Mary Jane ^a   Griffith, Bonnie G ^a  

^a Hampton City Schools   (United States)

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EID: 33747847204     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/28.1.53     Document Type: Article

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