Skills, standards, and disabilities: How youth with learning disabilities fare in high school and beyond

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-129

  McGee, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION POLICY; HUMAN CAPITAL; LEARNING; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STANDARD (REGULATION); YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 78649858890     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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