National Reading Conference Policy Brief : High stakes testing and reading assessment

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-162

  Afflerbach, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33745014773     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15548430jlr3702_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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