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Between education and the economy: high‐stakes testing and the contradictory location of the new middle class

Wayne Au Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 501-513 | Received 01 Mar 2008, Accepted 15 Apr 2008, Published online: 21 Aug 2008

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