Can a teacher-led state assessment system work?

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Bandalos, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Assessment; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 85039345552     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2004.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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