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For over thirty years there has been debate throughout North America on the use and utility of standardized tests. The debate over No Child Left Behind is, at heart, a debate about the role of accountability, often centering on arguments around the validity and reliability of a wide variety of standardized tests.
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Weiss, J., Brown, R.S. (2013). Absenteeism. In: Telling Tales Over Time. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-263-1_4
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