Raising the Academic Standards Bar: What States Are Doing to Measure the Performance of Students with Disabilities

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-17

  Giacobbe, Alice C ^a   Livers, Allan F ^a   Thayer Smith, Roberta ^a   Walther Thomas, Chriss ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 84996184247     PISSN: 10442073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104420730101200102     Document Type: Article

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