From conventional to computer-adaptive testing of ESL reading comprehension

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Young, Richard ^a   Shermis, Mark D ^b   Brutten, Sheila R ^c   Perkins, Kyle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030096594     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0346-251X(95)00051-K     Document Type: Article

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