The implications of fiscal incentives on identification rates and placement in special education: Formulas for influencing best practice

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Mahitivanichcha, Kanya ^c   Parrish, Thomas ^a,b  

^a American Institutes for Research (AIR)   (United States)

^b AIR

^c AIR ^*

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