Cheating in the first, second, and third degree: Educators' responses to high-stakes testing;Haciendo trampa en el primer, segundo y tercer grado: Las respuestas de los docentes a las evaluaciones con consecuencias severas

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-36

  Amrein Beardsley, Audrey ^a   Berliner, David C ^a   Rideau, Sharon ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Education policy; High stakes tests; Unintended effects; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955481364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v18n14.2010     Document Type: Article

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