State standards in the local context: A survey of school board members and superintendents

Educational Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-256

  Feuerstein, Abe ^a   Dietrich, Jonathan A ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marketing Leadership Council ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Policy; School boards; Standards; Superintendents; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038062652     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904803017002003     Document Type: Article

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