Equity issues in testing: The case of timss performance assessment

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-314

  Lokan, Jan ^a  

^a Australian Cncl Educ Research   (Australia)

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EID: 0033473889     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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