School sector and student achievement in the era of standards based reforms

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-182

  Carbonaro, William ^a   Covay, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Course Taking; School Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953751405     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710367934     Document Type: Article

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