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Pardon Us, But What Was the Question Again?: A Response to the Critique of the Follow Through Evaluation

Richard Anderson, Robert St. Pierre, Elizabeth Proper and Linda Stebbins
Harvard Educational Review July 1978, 48 (2) 161-170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.48.2.6160014378p45183
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  1. Bock, G., Stebbins, L. B., & Proper, E. C. Education as experimentation: A planned variation model, Volume 1V-B, Effects of Follow Through models. Cambridge, Mass.: Abt Associates, Inc., 1977. (Also issued by the U.S. Office of Education as National evaluation: Detailed effects, Volume II-B of The Follow Through Planned Variation Experiment series.)
  2. Education as experimentation: A planned variation model, Volume IV-C, Appendices, Parts 1 and 2. Cambridge, Mass.: Abt Associates, Inc., 1977.
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  7. Westinghouse Learning Corporation & Ohio University. The impact of Head Start: An evaluation of the effects of Head Start on children's cognitive and affective development. Washington, D.C.: Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969. (Distributed by Department of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.)
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