The Longitudinal Effects of Residential Mobility on the Academic Achievement of Urban Elementary and Middle School Students

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 385-392

  Voight, Adam ^a   Shinn, Marybeth ^b   Nation, Maury ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; at risk students; longitudinal studies; poverty; social context; urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870949047     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12442239     Document Type: Article

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