Is there an expectations gap? educational federalism and the demographic distribution of proficiency cut scores

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 718-742

  Reed, Douglas S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assessment; Educational policy; Minorities; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951446861     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209340254     Document Type: Article

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