Use of item response theory to develop a measure of first-grade readiness

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-293

  Gumpel, Thomas P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0033153785     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199907)36:4<285::AID-PITS2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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