Opportunity to learn: The impacts and policy implications

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-156

  Wang, Jia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032236994     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737020003137     Document Type: Article

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