Demanding more: Legal standards and best practices for english language learners

Bilingual Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-135

  Haas, Eric ^a   Gort, Mileidis ^b  

^a WestEd ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 85011184160     PISSN: 15235882     EISSN: 15235890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15235880903169951     Document Type: Article

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