Prospects for school reform and closing the achievement gap

Measurement and Research in the Accountability Era

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-96

  Porter, Andrew C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203823408     Document Type: Chapter

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