High-stakes accountability in urban elementary schools: Challenging or reproducing inequality

Teachers College Record

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1145-1176

  Diamond, John B ^a   Spillane, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3142760817     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2004.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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