Issues in analyzing alignment of language arts common core standards with state standards

Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 179-182

  Beach, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive processes development; comprehension; content analysis; curriculum; educational policy; high stakes testing; language comprehension development; policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958180201     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11410055     Document Type: Article

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