Commentary: Accountability policy and scholarly research

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Hess, Frederick M ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; No Child Left Behind; Policy; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244450496     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Review

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2. Education Commission of the States (2002). State assessment programs in grades and subjects required under ESEA. Denver: Education Commission of the States.
3. Education Trust (2004). Measured progress: Achievement rises and gaps narrow, but too slowly. Washington, DC: Education Trust.
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