Federal policy and program evaluation and research: The America reads example

Reading Research and Instruction

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-370

  Fitzgerald, Jill ^a   Morrow, Lesley Mandel ^b   Gambrell, Linda ^c   Calfee, Robert ^d   Venezky, Richard ^e   Woo, Deborah G ^b   Dromsky, Ann ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 26044459093     PISSN: 08860246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070209558376     Document Type: Article

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