The impact of accountability policies in texas high schools

The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 142-167

  Carnoy, Martin ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^a   Smith, Tiffany L ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203465639     Document Type: Chapter

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