The impending loss of talent: An exploratory study challenging assumptions about testing and merit

Teachers College Record

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 629-653

  Smith, Daryl G ^a   Garrison, Gwen ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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