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"Avoidable Losses: High-Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis," by Linda McSpadden McNeil, Eileen Coppola, Judy Radigan, and Julian Vasquez Heilig. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 16(3).
"One Authentic Early Literacy Practice and Three Standardized Tests: Can a Storytelling Curriculum Measure Up?" by Patricia M. Cooper, Karen Capo, Bernie Mathes, and Lincoln Gray. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 28:251-275.
"Official and Unofficial Stories: Getting at the Impact of Policy on Educational Practice," by Linda McSpadden McNeil and Eileen Coppola. In the Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research, 2006.
"Faking Equity: High Stakes Testing and the Education of Latino Youth," by Linda McSpadden McNeil. In Leaving Children Behind: How "Texas-Style" Accountability Fails Latino Youth, 2004.
Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing, by Linda McSpadden McNeil. Routledge, 2001.
