Seasonal Dynamics of Academic Achievement Inequality by Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity: Updating and Extending Past Research With New National Data

Educational Researcher

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 443-453

  Quinn, David M ^a   Cooc, North ^b   McIntyre, Joe ^c   Gomez, Celia J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; early childhood; elementary schools; longitudinal studies; race; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995790717     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X16677965     Document Type: Article

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