Academic achievement in juvenile corrections: Examining the impact of age, ethnicity and disability

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-379

  Baltodano, Heather M ^a   Harris, Pamela J ^a   Rutherford, Robert B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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