Development of performance assessments in science: Conceptual, practical, and logistical issues

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 16-24

  Wested, Gullermo Solano Flores ^a   Shavelson, Richard J ^b  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011940003     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1997.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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