Racial-ethnic differences at the intersection of math course-taking and achievement

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-270

  Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^a   Grodsky, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

course taking; math; race ethnicity; segregation; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955877070     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040710375689     Document Type: Article

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