High-stakes testing in reading: Today in Texas, tomorrow?

Reading Teacher

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 482-492

  Hoffman, James V ^a   Assaf, Lori Czop ^a   Paris, Scott G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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