State standards, socio-fiscal context and opportunity to learn in New Jersey

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Firestone, William A ^a,b,c   Camilli, Gregory ^a,d,e   Yurecko, Michele ^b,f   Monfils, Lora ^b,f   Mayrowetz, David ^b,g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CDC's Pub Hlth Pract Prog O   (United States)

^d The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^e NJ Basic Skills Assessemnt Council   (United States)

^f Ctr for Educational Policy Analysis   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0012868410     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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