Making a grade: Victorian examinations and the rise of standardized testing

British Journal of Educational Studies 70 (1):121-122 (2022)
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This is an ambitious book, dealing with an issue which deserves much greater attention from historians than it has received heretofore. Only the work of John Roach comes to mind as a precursor, dea...

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10.1080/00071005.2021.1946333

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