Organizational and Political Tensions in Evaluation / Catherine Marshall.

After several lengthy evaluations of California's Early Childhood Education (ECE) program proved inadequate, unhappy legislators and educators finally found satisfaction in a brief, mimeographed report. Several factors were responsible for the success of this new evaluation, the "Interim Report on t...

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Main Author: Marshall, Catherine, 1946-
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
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Physical Description:48 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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