Teachers' and parents' ratings of children's social skills: A closer look at cross-informant agreements through an item analysis protocol

School Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 489-501

  Ruffalo, Stacey L ^a   Elliott, Stephen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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