Accountability Texas-style: The progress and learning of urban minority students in a high-stakes testing context

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-110

  Heilig, Julian Vasquez ^a   Darling Hammond, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Dropout; Minorities; Pushout; Testing; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949092892     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373708317689     Document Type: Article

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