Comparing and contrasting the national research council report on evaluating curricular effectiveness with the what works clearinghouse approach

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-213

  Confrey, Jere ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Defining effectiveness; Evaluating curricula; National research council; Policy analysis; What works clearinghouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750566892     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737028003195     Document Type: Article

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