Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ476863
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Semantics of State Policy Making: The Case of "At Risk."
Placier, Margaret L.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v15 n4 p380-95 Win 1993
This case study uses six interviews with administrators and three speeches to trace the definition of the term "at risk" in Arizona educational policy, where the definition process was used as an opportunity to enhance the prestige and power of the State Department of Education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Definitions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Policy Formation, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Semantics, State Departments of Education, State Legislation, State Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arizona
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