Matching the grade 8 TIMSS item pool to the Ontario curriculum

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-102

  Lawson, Alexandra ^a   Bordignon, Catherine ^b   Nagy, Philip ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0036983198     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(02)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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