The politics of literacy teaching: How "research" shaped educational policy

Educational Researcher

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4-12

  Allington, Richard L ^a   Woodside Jiron, Haley ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 77649207622     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X028008004     Document Type: Article

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