Teachers' response to standards-based reform: Probing reform assumptions in Washington state

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-29

  Loeb, Hilary ^a   Knapp, Michael S ^a   Elfers, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural education; State standards; Statewide assessment; Teacher surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149104777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v16n9.2008     Document Type: Review

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