Does Top-Down, Standards-Based Reform Work? A Review of the Status of Statewide Standards- Based Reform

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 612, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Berger, Jeff ^a  

^a Iowa Department of Education   (United States)

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EID: 84992781223     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019263650008461210     Document Type: Article

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