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The use of Judicial Evaluation Methods in the Formulation of Educational Policy

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More than ever before in our nation’s history, the spirit of consumerism and participation has taken hold. Recently, in California, the people expressed their sentiment with the passage of Proposition 13. Only now, after the attending emotionalism has subsided, are the cold, disheartening facts and consequences becoming evident. Clearly, the vote was based more on frustration than on informed understanding of what the law would actually accomplish.

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Wolf, R.L. (1983). The use of Judicial Evaluation Methods in the Formulation of Educational Policy. In: Evaluation Models. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6669-7_11

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