No hispanic student left behind: The consequences of "high stakes" testing

Children and Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-14

  Altshuler, Sandra J ^a   Schmautz, Tresa ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whitworth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational success; High stakes tests; Hispanics Latinos; No Child Left Behind Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747826055     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/28.1.5     Document Type: Review

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