Basic education reform in China: Untangling the story of success

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 10, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Wang, Chengzhi ^a,c,d,e   Zhou, Quanhua ^b,f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Normal University   (China)

^e Multicultural Educ Teach Univ IL   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 3042674200     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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