Values and State Ratings: An Examination of the State-By-State Education Indicators in Quality Counts

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 17-25

  Camilli, Gregory ^a   Firestone, William A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007295562     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1999.tb00278.x     Document Type: Article

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