Pressures of the Season: An Examination of Classroom Quality and High-Stakes Accountability

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1152-1182

  Plank, Stephen B ^a   Condliffe, Barbara Falk ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; classroom quality; high stakes tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884573460     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831213500691     Document Type: Article

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