Can rapid assessment moderate the consequences of high-stakes testing?

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-112

  Yeh, Stuart S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assessment; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749854251     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124506291791     Document Type: Article

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