Which students are left behind? The racial impacts of the No Child Left Behind Act

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 654-664

  Krieg, John M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education incentives; Strategic instruction

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956343970     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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