Wealth, traditional socioeconomic indicators, and the achievement debt

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-541

  Easton Brooks, Donald ^a   Davis, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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