Investigating the impact of gifted education evaluation at state and local levels: Problems with traction

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-176

  Avery, Linda D ^b   VanTassel Baska, Joyce ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035737309     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016235320102500204     Document Type: Article

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