Constrained curriculum in high schools: The changing math standards and student achievement, high school graduation and college continuation;Currículos restringidos en las escuelas secundarias cambios en los estándares de matemáticas, rendimiento académico, graduación de la escuela secundaria y la continuación de los estudios universitarios de los estudiantes

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Daun Barnett, Nathan ^a   St John, Edward P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; Education policy; High school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857834305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v20n5.2012     Document Type: Article

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