Successes and challenges in triangulating methodologies in evaluations of exemplary urban schools

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2004, Issue 101, 2004, Pages 49-62

  Towns, Donna Penn ^a   Serpell, Zewelanji ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846345105     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.107     Document Type: Article

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