Socioeconomic Differences in Reading Trajectories: The Contribution of Family, Neighborhood, and School Contexts

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-251

  Aikens, Nikki L ^a   Barbarin, Oscar ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement trajectories; reading; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449179473     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.2.235     Document Type: Article

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