Academic achievement, technology and race: Experimental evidence

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 663-679

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Experiment; Race; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACCESSIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGHER EDUCATION; RACE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84861684305     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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