Unpacking the placement of American Indian and Alaska Native students in special education programs and services in the early grades: School readiness as a predictive variable

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 498-528

  Hibel, Jacob ^a   Faircloth, Susan C ^a   Farkas, George ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 54349110334     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.78.3.8w010nq4u83348q5     Document Type: Review

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