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Testing Wars in the Public Schools

A Forgotten History

William J. Reese

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ISBN 9780674073043

Publication Date: 03/11/2013

308 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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William J. Reese is Carl F. Kaestle WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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