Patterns and trends in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic academic achievement gaps

Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 491-509

  Reardon, Sean F ^a   Robinson Cimpian, Joseph P ^b   Weathers, Ericka S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203788684     Document Type: Chapter

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