Bewitched, bothered, and bewildering: The use and misuse of state SAT and ACT scores

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-55

  Powell, Brian ^a   Steelman, Lala Carr ^a  

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EID: 0030537144     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.66.1.h6l5048817g24m05     Document Type: Article

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