Cognitive Skills, Student Achievement Tests, and Schools

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 736-744

  Finn, Amy S ^a,b,c   Kraft, Matthew A ^d   West, Martin R ^e   Leonard, Julia A ^a,b   Bish, Crystal E ^f   Martin, Rebecca E ^a,b,g   Sheridan, Margaret A ^c   Gabrieli, Christopher F O ^e,f   Gabrieli, John D E ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^f Transforming Education National Center on Time and Learning   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; childhood development; cognition; cognitive development; educational psychology

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84896824904     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613516008     Document Type: Article

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