Reporting Minority Students’ Test Scores: How Well Can the National Assessment of Educational Progress Account for Differences in Social Context?

Educational Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 249-285

  Berends, Mark ^a   Koretz, Daniel M ^b  

^a DC ^*

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0009293018     PISSN: 10627197     EISSN: 15326977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326977ea0303_2     Document Type: Article

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