School-central office relationships in evidence use: Understanding evidence use as a systems problem

American Journal of Education

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-222

  Honig, Meredith I ^a   Venkateswaran, Nitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84856762527     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663282     Document Type: Review

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