Tests Worth Teaching To: Constructing State-Mandated Tests That Emphasize Critical Thinking

Educational Researcher

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 12-17

  Yeh, Stuart S ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84993932168     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X030009012     Document Type: Article

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