Lessons learned: The promise and possibility of educational accountability in the United States

Leading Student Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-57

  Slater, Charles L ^a   McGhee, Marla W ^b   Nelson, Sarah W ^c   Meno, Lionel “Skip” ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1727-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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