Beyond a Test Score: Explaining Opportunity Gaps in Educational Practice

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 693-718

  Milner, H Richard ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; culture; diversity; race; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864706023     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934712442539     Document Type: Article

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