Large can - Not many worms: An evaluation of the role of age-standardised scores in the presentation of assessment data

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 691-698

  Schagen, Ian ^b   Tymms, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033473686     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250509     Document Type: Article

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