High-stakes testing and student achievement: Does accountability pressure increase student learning?

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-172

  Nichols, Sharon L ^a   Glass, Gene V ^a,b,c   Berliner, David C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Academy of Education   (United States)

^d Center for Advanced Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; High stakes testing; No Child Left Behind

Indexed keywords

EID: 30144439899     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v14n1.2006     Document Type: Article

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