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UNINA9910693296103321 |
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Steinwald Bruce |
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Medicare physician payments [[electronic resource] ] : considerations for reforming the sustainable growth rate system : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives / / statement of A. Bruce Steinwald |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005] |
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Testimony ; ; GAO-05-326 T |
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Medicare |
Medical fees - United States - Evaluation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 14, 2004). |
"For release ... February 10, 2005." |
Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910783699303321 |
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Thomas R. Murray (Robert Murray), <1921-2016.> |
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High-stakes testing [[electronic resource] ] : coping with collateral damage / / R. Murray Thomas |
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Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 |
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1-135-60173-9 |
1-4106-1280-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Educational tests and measurements - United States - Evaluation |
Education - Standards - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-315) and indexes. |
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Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Nature of Collateral Damage; Part I: Tasks of the Testing Game; Part II: The Testing Game's Players; References; Name Index; Subject Index |
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The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing - its goals, methods, and consequences - into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: describe the nature of high-stakes testing; identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; analyze methods different groups of people have chosen for coping with the damage and suggest lessons to be learned from the high-stakes-testing experience. The six groups of people whose coping strategies are inspected include: politicians and their staffs; educational ad |
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