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More and more states require students to pass large-scale tests as a condition of promotion or graduation. What forces have pushed high-stakes testing to the forefront of educational policy? Are such tests the best way to gauge educational attainment? This book examines the econ…

Raising standards or raising barriers?: inequality and high-stakes testing in public educ…

by Orfield, Gary, Kornhaber, Mindy L.

fromCivil rights in a new era

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More and more states require students to pass large-scale tests as a condition of promotion or graduation. What forces have pushed high-stakes testing to the forefront of educational policy? Are such tests the best way to gauge educational attainment? This book examines the econ…