Test mess 2: Are we doing better a year later?

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 389-395

  Goldberg, Mark ^a  

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EID: 12444260813     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170508600511     Document Type: Review

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16. Ibid., p. 16.
17. Debra Viadero, "'Dropout Factories' Identified in Hopkins Study," Education Week, 14 July 2004, p. 14.
18. Viadero, "Study Probes Enrollment 'Bulge,'" p. 16.
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21. I b i d.
22. Ibid., p. 3.
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32. Elizabeth Duffrin, "Popular Despite the Research," Catalyst Chicago, 4 May 2004, p. 1.
33. I b i d.
34. "Position Statement on Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion," revision adopted by the Delegate Assembly of the National Association of School Psychologists, 12 April 2003.
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36. Bob Herbert, "Teaching Us a Lesson," New York Times, 19 March 2004, p. A-19.
37. I b i d.
38. Linda Perlstein, "Scores at Needy Schools in Montgomery Improve," Washington Post, 24 May 2004, p. 1.
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