The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 398-419

  Clotfelter, Charles T ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449382470     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.2.398     Document Type: Article

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