Accuracy and inaccuracy in teachers' perceptions of young children's cognitive abilities: The role of child background and classroom context

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 335-360

  Ready, Douglas D ^a   Wright, David L ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; gender studies; race; social stratification; teacher assessment; teacher context

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955095708     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831210374874     Document Type: Article

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