Can no child left behind close the gaps in pass rates on standardized tests?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Hoerandner, Claus M ^a   Lemke, Robert J ^a  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 29344456441     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byj008     Document Type: Review

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