High School Socioeconomic Segregation and Student Attainment

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 714-754

  Palardy, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

college enrollment; high school graduation; peer influences; school effects; segregation; socioeconomic composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880608333     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831213481240     Document Type: Article

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