Teaching music in an era of high-stakes testing and budget reductions

Arts Education Policy Review

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-79

  West, Chad ^a  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayp; Music; No child left behind; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028681685     PISSN: 10632913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10632913.2012.656503     Document Type: Article

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