Student assessments, non-test-takers, and school accountability

Education Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-250

  Lemke, Robert J ^a   Hoerandner, Claus M ^a   McMahon, Robert E ^a  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Education; Gaming; No Child Left Behind; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; STUDENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646779903     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290600622970     Document Type: Article

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