Who Are We Assessing? Determining State-Wide Participation Rates for Students with Disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-418

  Gronna, Sarah S ^c   Jenkins, Amelia A ^a   Chin Chance, Selvin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Planning and Evaluation Branch   (United States)

^c Wist Hall   (United States)

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EID: 0346394002     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440299806400309     Document Type: Article

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