Academic achievement and course taking among language minority youth in U.S. schools: Effects of ESL placement

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-117

  Callahan, Rebecca ^a   Wilkinson, Lindsey ^b   Muller, Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ESL; Immigrant; Language minority; Policy; School context

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951540346     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373709359805     Document Type: Article

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