Erratum to Assessing college readiness: Should we be satisfied with ACT or other threshold scores? (Educational Researcher, 41, 7 (252-261), 10.3102/0013189X12455095);Assessing College Readiness: Should We Be Satisfied With ACT or Other Threshold Scores?

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 252-261

  Maruyama, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; achievement; cognitive processes development; correlational analysis; educational policy; measurements; performance assessment; regression analyses; secondary data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866556640     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X13479119     Document Type: Erratum

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