No Child Left Behind: The Inadvertent Costs for High-Achieving and Gifted Students

Childhood Education

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Jolly, Jennifer L ^a   Makel, Matthew C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85020849763     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2010.10521436     Document Type: Article

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