Strategies to promote data use for instructional improvement: Actions, outcomes, and lessons from three urban districts

American Journal of Education

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-520

  Kerr, Kerri A ^a   Marsh, Julie A ^b   Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler ^b   Darilek, Hilary ^a   Barney, Heather ^b  

^a New Leaders for New Schools ^*

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33747158019     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505057     Document Type: Article

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