Performance assessment and equity: A view from the USA

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 11-26

  O'Neil, Harold F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0010849149     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594940010102     Document Type: Article

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