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Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicate that school characteristics as well as individual actions of students help to explain differences between 661 high-achieving and 1,894 low-achieving African-American eighth graders. Process variables connected with schooling rather than family background explain differences in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Blacks, Family Environment
