California's reading initiative: Constraints on implementation in middle and high schools

Educational Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 674-698

  Sunderman, Gail L ^a   Amoa, Marian ^a   Meyers, Tiffany ^a  

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EID: 0035538437     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904801015005003     Document Type: Article

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