Unpacking the black box of tracking decisions: Critical tales of families navigating the course placement process

Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy, and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 109-137

  Yonezawa, Susan S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410605597-13     Document Type: Chapter

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