Doubling student performance:… And finding the resources to do it

Doubling Student Performance: And Finding the Resources to Do it

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-166

  Odden, Allan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified teacher; Class size reduction; Classroom teacher; Evidence based approach; New educational strategy; Professional development; Professional development program; Reallocation; Resource reallocation; School finance adequacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949797424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452219400     Document Type: Book

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