Effects of testing accommodations on standardized mathematics test scores: An experimental analysis of the performances of students with and without disabilities

School Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 527-547

  Schulte, Aleta A Gilbertson ^b   Elliott, Stephen N ^a   Kratochwill, Thomas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b St Croix River Education District   (United States)

^c NONE

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