The Generalizability of a Performance Assessment Measuring Achievement in Eighth-Grade Mathematics

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-194

  McBee, Maridyth M ^a   Barnes, Laura L B ^b  

^a Oklahoma State Department of Education   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032400259     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324818ame1102_4     Document Type: Article

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