Achieving Form-to-Form Comparability: Fundamental Issues and Proposed Strategies for Equating Performance Assessments of Teachers

Educational Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 99-110

  Loyd, Brenda ^a   Engelhard, George ^b   Crocker, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0001942273     PISSN: 10627197     EISSN: 15326977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326977ea0301_5     Document Type: Article

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