Is the Akebono school failing its best students? A Hawaiian adventure in regression

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 26-31

  Wainer, Howard ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 3042826994     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1999.tb00270.x     Document Type: Article

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