The testing industry, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities

Defending Standardized Testing

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 187-204

  Geisinger, Kurt F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612595     Document Type: Chapter

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