Patterns of quality experienced by African American children in early education programs: Predictors and links to children's preschool and kindergarten academic outcomes

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-255

  Iruka, Iheoma U ^a   Morgan, Jenille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academics; African american; Latent profile analysis; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924015151     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: 21676437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7709/jnegroeducation.83.3.0235     Document Type: Article

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