Modeling states' enactment of high school exit examination policies

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-229

  Warren, John Robert ^a   Kulick, Rachael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 34548615532     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0114     Document Type: Article

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