The use of qualitative methods in large-scale evaluation: Improving the quality of the evaluation and the meaningfulness of the findings

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2543-2565

  Slayton, Julie ^a   Llosa, Lorena ^b,c  

^a Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745306874     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2005.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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