The evolution of the black-white test score gap in grades K-3: The fragility of results

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1468-1479

  Bond, Timothy N ^a   Lang, Kevin ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896367892     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00370     Document Type: Article

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