Admission to higher education in Israel and the role of the psychometric entrance test: Educational and political dilemmas

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-337

  Beller, Michal ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 51649102327     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940120089125     Document Type: Article

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