High stakes : testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation / Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. Hauser, editors ; Committee on Appropriate Test Use ; Board on Testing and Assessment, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

" ... focuses on how testing is used in schools to make decisions about tracking and placement, promotion and retention, and awarding or withholding high school diplomas ... sorts out the controversies that emerge when a test score can open or close gates on a student's educational pathway...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Appropriate Test Use, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Board on Testing and Assessment
Other Authors:	Heubert, Jay Philip, Hauser, Robert Mason
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Subjects:	Educational tests and measurements > United States. Educational accountability > United States. Education and state > United States. Education and state. Educational accountability. Educational tests and measurements. United States.