Standardized assessments and the flow of students into the college admission pool

Educational Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-348

  Horn, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

College admissions pool; Diversity; Standardized testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444379624     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904804274057     Document Type: Article

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