Investigating Whether and When English Learners Are Reclassified Into Mainstream Classrooms in the United States: A Discrete-Time Survival Analysis

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-252

  Slama, Rachel B ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

English learners; longitudinal studies; reclassification; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898910693     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831214528277     Document Type: Article

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