The effects of school racial and ethnic composition on academic achievement during adolescence

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-172

  Lee, Hedwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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