Building a contextually responsive evaluation framework: Lessons from working with urban school interventions

New Directions for Evaluation

Volumn 2004, Issue 101, 2004, Pages 3-23

  Thomas, Veronica G ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85013222575     PISSN: 10976736     EISSN: 1534875X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ev.104     Document Type: Article

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