Validity issues in international assessments

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 491-501

  Wolf, Richard M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Content validity; International assessment; International comparisons; Mathematics and science assessment; Sampling effects; Score level; TIMSS; Translation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007201553     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0883-0355(98)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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