High-stakes accountability and equity: Using evidence from California's public schools accountability act to address the issues in Williams v. State of California

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 763-795

  Powers, Jeanne M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Equity; School finance litigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944355105     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312041004763     Document Type: Review

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