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(Li)Ability Grouping: The New Susceptibility of School Tracking Systems to Legal Challenges

Kevin Welner and Jeannie Oakes
Harvard Educational Review September 1996, 66 (3) 451-471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.3.p92775298646n342
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vol. 66 no. 3 451-471
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https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.66.3.p92775298646n342

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Harvard Educational Review
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0017-8055
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1943-5045
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  • Published online September 1, 1996.

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  1. 1 University of California, Los Angeles

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(Li)Ability Grouping: The New Susceptibility of School Tracking Systems to Legal Challenges
Kevin Welner, Jeannie Oakes
Harvard Educational Review Sep 1996, 66 (3) 451-471; DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.3.p92775298646n342
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