Plenty of children left behind: High-stakes testing and graduation rates in Duval County, Florida

Educational Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 695-716

  Borg, Mary O'Malley ^a   Plumlee, J Patrick ^a   Stranahan, Harriet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test; High stakes testing; Minority students

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148847851     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904806289206     Document Type: Article

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