Comments on Atkinson and Geiser: Considerations for college admissions testing

Educational Researcher

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 677-679

  Linn, Robert L ^a,b  

^a National Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing CRESST)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Admissions; Assessment; Colleges; Educational policy; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951479846     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09351982     Document Type: Article

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