Effects of state testing programs on elementary schools with high concentrations of student poverty-good news or bad news?

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Moon, Tonya R ^a,b   Callahan, Carolyn M ^a,b   Tomlinson, Carol A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Natl Res Ctr Gifted and Talented   (United States)

^c National Association for Gifted Children

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