Factors affecting urban African American high school students' achievement in reading

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-171

  Flowers, Tiffany A ^a,b   Flowers, Lamont A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American students; Reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449087907     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907312351     Document Type: Article

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