Determinants of high schools' advanced course offerings

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-359

  Iatarola, Patrice ^a   Conger, Dylan ^b   Long, Mark C ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced placement; courses; high school

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961185606     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711398124     Document Type: Article

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