Can Tracking Research Inform Practice? Technical, Normative, and Political Considerations

Educational Researcher

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 12-21

  Oakes, Jeannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84973817777     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X021004012     Document Type: Article

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