Unraveling the myths of accountability: A case study of the California High School Exit Exam

Urban Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-173

  Ullucci, Kerri ^a   Spencer, Joi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; High stakes testing; Standardized tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349199970     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-008-0105-y     Document Type: Article

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