Examining Hispanic Student Mathematics Performance on High-Stakes Tests: An Examination of One Urban School District in Colorado

Urban Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-209

  Capraro, Mary Margaret ^a   Capraro, Robert M ^a   Yetkiner, Ebrar ^a   Rangel Chavez, Alma F ^a   Lewis, Chance W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High stakes testing; Hispanic; Mathematics; Meta analysis; NSFF curriculum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955051994     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-009-0127-0     Document Type: Article

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