Kindergarten children's growth trajectories in reading and mathematics: Who falls increasingly behind?

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 472-488

  Morgan, Paul L ^a   Farkas, George ^b   Wu, Qiong ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

growth trajectories; learning disabilities; mathematics; reading; speech language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; READING;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; READING;

EID: 80052244723     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411414010     Document Type: Article

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