Evidence of a differential effect of ability grouping on the reading achievement growth of language-minority hispanics

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-180

  Robinson, Joseph P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability grouping; Achievement gap; Differential effects; Hispanic students; Language minority students; Multilevel models; Resource allocation; Teacher characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949108865     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373708317742     Document Type: Article

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