The hazards of high-stakes testing

Issues in Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-58

  Shepard, Lorrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; RELIABILITY; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 0037287521     PISSN: 07485492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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