Professional rigor, public engagement and judicial review: A proposal for enhancing the validity of education adequacy studies

Teachers College Record

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1303-1373

  Rebell, Michael A ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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