Future directions for educational accountability: Notes for a political economy of measurement

The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 293-306

  Feuer, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203895092     Document Type: Chapter

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