The ethics of gatekeeping tests: What have we learned in a hundred years?

Language Testing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-247

  Spolsky, Bernard ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 1942507033     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229701400302     Document Type: Article

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