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Research ArticleIII. ESEA Policy Instruments and Their Future
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The State of Title I: Developing the Capability to Support Instructional Improvement

Susan L. Moffitt, David K. Cohen
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2015, 1 (3) 187-202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.10
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aMary Tefft and John Hazen White Sr. Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University
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bJohn Dewey Collegiate Professor at the School of Education and Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
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