Critical issues: Crafting state educational policy: The slippery role of research and researchers

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-482

  Allington, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0007189184     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862969909548058     Document Type: Article

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