Before and after third grade: Longitudinal evidence for the shifting role of socioeconomic status in reading growth

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1725-1746

  Kieffer, Michael J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement gaps; Longitudinal research; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864278163     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9339-2     Document Type: Article

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