Life in the Fast Lane: Effects of Early Grade Acceleration on High School and College Outcomes

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-13

  McClarty, Katie Larsen ^a  

^a PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration; college outcomes; gifted; grade skipping; longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918561798     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986214559595     Document Type: Article

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