Predictors of Educational Attainment in the Chicago Longitudinal Study

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-229

  Ou, Suh Ruu ^a   Reynolds, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk youth; educational attainment; predictors; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349240766     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1045-3830.23.2.199     Document Type: Article

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