Closing Achievement Gaps

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 661-670

  Farkas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954849371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880968-57     Document Type: Chapter

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