Great Expectations but Politics as Usual: The Rise and Fall of a State-Level Evaluation Initiative

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-381

  Johnson Jr , Bob L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 38749128490     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008157300684     Document Type: Article

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