Globalization and the growth of international educational testing and national assessment

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-25

  Kamens, David H ^a   McNeely, Connie L ^a  

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EID: 75649137980     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648471     Document Type: Article

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