A Balanced School Accountability Model: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 584-590

  Jones, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 1942476637     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170408500805     Document Type: Review

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