Karl L. Alexander

14.0k citations
115 papers · 9.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 49
Topics
School Choice and Performance (68 papers)Early Childhood Education and Development (41 papers)Parental Involvement in Education (39 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Karl L. Alexander

109 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Karl L. Alexander
Comparison fields: 5 of 125
  • Education 7.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
  • Clinical Psychology 1.5k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.1k
  • Safety Research 919
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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2 72
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The Clouded Crystal Ball: Trends in Educational Stratification.
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Keep the Faucet Flowing: Summer Learning and Home Environment.
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5 54
6 33
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Characteristics of Retainees and Early Precursors of Retention in Grade: Who Is Held Back?.
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8 244
9 315
10 21
11 75
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Beginning School Math Competence: Minority and Majority Comparisons. Report No. 34.
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13 24
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Achievement in the First 2 Years of School: Patterns and Processesbreakdown →
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15 61
16 75
17 9
18 130
19 1
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Effects of Education on the Social Mobility of High School Sophomores Fifteen Years Later (1955-1970): Explorations in Equality of Opportunity. Final Report.
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About Karl L. Alexander

Karl L. Alexander is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 115 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include School Choice and Performance (68 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (41 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Education (7.5k citations), Safety Research (919 citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.1k citations). Karl L. Alexander has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Doris R. Entwisle, Linda Steffel Olson, Aaron M. Pallas, Susan L. Dauber, Bruce K. Eckland, Edward L. McDill, Nader Kabbani, Harriette Pipes McAdoo, Dale A. Blyth and Martha A. Cook. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and Child Development.

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