More Than Sanctions: Closing Achievement Gaps Through California’s Use of Intensive Technical Assistance

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-306

  Strunk, Katharine O ^a   McEachin, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; achievement gaps; technical assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903176806     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713510967     Document Type: Article

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