Exposure to classroom poverty and test score achievement: Contextual effects or selection?

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 943-979

  Lauen, Douglas Lee ^a   Michael Gaddis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84876092620     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668408     Document Type: Article

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