Change and continuity in grades 3-5: Effects of poverty and grade on standardized test scores

Teachers College Record

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2464-2474

  Burross, Heidi Legg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 57049181377     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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