State-mandated testing and teachers' beliefs and practice

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 10, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Cimbricz, Sandra ^a,b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 2942539594     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v10n2.2002     Document Type: Review

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