How do I get in? Criteria shaping the high school course recommendation process

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bernhardt, Philip E ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability; Course placement; Coursetaking; Decision making; Grouping; K 12; Recommendations; School; Teachers; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893393120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1099839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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