Assessing the Promise of California’s Early Assessment Program for Community Colleges

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 655, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-55

  Kurlaender, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

college readiness; community college; K 12; postsecondary alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907170506     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214534609     Document Type: Article

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