What are colleges doing about student assessment? Does it make a difference?

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 229-669

  Peterson, Marvin W ^a   Einarson, Marne K ^a  

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EID: 0035511040     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2672898     Document Type: Article

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