Multilevel evaluation of factors predicting school exclusion among middle and high school students

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Theriot, Matthew T ^a   Craun, Sarah W ^a   Dupper, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expulsion; Hierarchical linear modeling; Multilevel; Out of school suspension; School exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450237791     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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