Testing accommodations research and decision making: The case of "good" scores being highly valued but difficult to achieve for all students

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-166

  Elliott, Stephen N ^a   McKevitt, Brian C ^b   Kettler, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Heartland Area Education Agency 11   (United States)

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EID: 0036817011     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2002.12069060     Document Type: Review

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