Does high-stakes testing increase cultural capital among low-income and racial minority students?

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-17

  Hong, Won Pyo ^a   Youngs, Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Cultural capital; High stakes testing; K 12 schooling in the U.S

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849134381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v16n6.2008     Document Type: Article

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