Academic Achievement Among Juvenile Detainees

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 359-368

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,b,c,d   Macomber, Donna ^a   Hart, Lesley ^a,d   Naples, Adam ^a   Chapman, John ^e   Geib, Catherine F ^e   Chart, Hilary ^f   Tan, Mei ^a   Wolhendler, Baruch ^a,d   Wagner, Richard ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Connecticut Judicial Branch ^*  (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

juvenile detainees; mathematics; reading

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PRISONER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PRISONERS;

EID: 84930802846     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413500991     Document Type: Article

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