College for all: Gaps between desirable and actual P-12 math achievement trajectories for college readiness

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 43-55

  Lee, Jaekyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gaps; college readiness; P 16 education; performance standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863257443     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11432746     Document Type: Article

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