Assessing no child left behind and the rise of neoliberal education policies

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-518

  Hursh, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education policy; High stakes testing; NCLB; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649006053     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306764     Document Type: Article

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