Ray Cortines, Joe Conaty, and Marty Orland for valuable policy perspectives on issues in the synthesis.
Steve Cooper of the National Library of Education for finding fugitive research materials, and Aurora D'Amico for providing valuable information on NCES publications.
Diane Magarity and Gerry Devlin for coordinating the editorial process of the manuscript. Judy Craig for the cover design and review procedures. Rebecca Pratt, Carl Rohr, and Allison Pinckney at Pinkerton Computer Consultants, Inc. for editing the tables and typesetting.
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