Are U.S. students the most heavily tested on earth?

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Phelps, Richard P ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85013305696     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1996.tb00819.x     Document Type: Article

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