Asian american and pacific islander students: Equity and the achievement gap

Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 378-389

  Pang, Valerie Ooka ^a   Han, Peggy P ^b   Pang, Jennifer M ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; ANOVA; Asian American education; correlational analysis; equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655170388     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11424222     Document Type: Article

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