Reliability of assessment of reading ability in three countries

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-366

  Hutchison, Dougal ^a   Kendall, Lesley ^a   Bartholomew, David ^a   Knott, Martin ^a   Galbraith, Jane ^a   Piccoli, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalizability; International comparisons; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310283     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004766030974     Document Type: Article

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