What do test scores in Texas tell us?

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Klein, Stephen P ^a   Hamilton, Laura S ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Stecher, Brian M ^a  

^a RAND   (United States)

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EID: 0003281115     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7249/ip202     Document Type: Review

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