Reducing achievement gaps in academic writing for Latinos and English learners in grades 7-12

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-21

  Olson, Carol Booth ^a   Matuchniak, Tina ^a   Chung, Huy ^a,b   Stumpf, Rachel ^a   Farkas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

English learners; Impact studies; Latino students; Teacher professional development; Writing assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964461956     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000095     Document Type: Article

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