State policies and equal opportunity: The example of gifted education

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-64

  Baker, Bruce D ^a   Friedman Nimz, Reva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Gifted education; State policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242693363     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737026001039     Document Type: Article

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