Standards, Retention, and Social Promotion

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 629, 2001, Pages 57-66

  Owings, William A ^a   Kaplan, Leslie S ^b  

^a LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Warwick High School   (United States)

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EID: 84992797098     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019263650108562906     Document Type: Article

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