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Julie E. Riordan, Pendred E. Noyce, The Impact of Two Standards-Based Mathematics Curricula on Student Achievement in Massachusetts, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Jul., 2001), pp. 368-398
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