The effect of early childhood intervention and subsequent special education services: Findings from the Chicago child-parent centers

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-95

  Conyers, Liza M ^a   Reynolds, Arthur J ^b   Ou, Suh Ruu ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood intervention; Education policy; Special education; Urban education and prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043245865     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737025001075     Document Type: Article

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