Change and continuity in student achievement from grades 3 to 5: A policy dilemma

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-21

  McCaslin, Mary ^a   Burross, Heidi Legg ^a   Good, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 13444280079     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v13n1.2005     Document Type: Article

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