Detracking America's schools: Equity at zero cost?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 623-645

  Argys, Laura M ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^a   Brewer, Dominic J ^a  

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EID: 0030519482     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199623)15:4<623::AID-PAM7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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