Voices from the frontlines: Teachers' perceptions of high-stakes testing

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 12, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-34

  Jones, Brett D ^a   Egley, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 4644251971     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v12n39.2004     Document Type: Review

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