Early Reading Skills and Academic Achievement Trajectories of Students Facing Poverty, Homelessness, and High Residential Mobility

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 366-374

  Herbers, Janette E ^a   Cutuli, J J ^b   Supkoff, Laura M ^a   Heistad, David ^c   Chan, Chi Keung ^d   Hinz, Elizabeth ^c   Masten, Ann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

^d HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

achievement; at risk students; disparities; longitudinal studies; poverty; reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870942546     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12445320     Document Type: Article

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