A Research Synthesis of the Associations Between Socioeconomic Background, Inequality, School Climate, and Academic Achievement

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 425-469

  Berkowitz, Ruth ^a   Moore, Hadass ^b   Astor, Ron Avi ^b   Benbenishty, Rami ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

academic achievement; achievement gap; compensation; mediation; moderation; school climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015277733     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: 19351046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654316669821     Document Type: Article

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