Put to the test: Understanding differences in support for high-stakes testing

American Politics Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-448

  Lay, J Celeste ^a,c   Stokes Brown, Atiya Kai ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 316 Norman Mayer Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Education policy; High stakes testing; Latinos; No child left behind; Public opinion; Standardized testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149105154     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X08320843     Document Type: Article

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