An examination of the impact of changes in federal policies on the landscape of educational research in the USA

Effective Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Spybrook, Jessaca ^a   Puente, Anne Cullen ^b   Lininger, Monica ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fetzer Institute Kalamazoo   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation studies; randomized trials; USA federal policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863902483     PISSN: 19415532     EISSN: 19415540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19415532.2012.665775     Document Type: Article

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