Legal and Psychometric Criteria for Evaluating Teacher Certification Tests

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-31

  Sireci, Stephen G ^a   Green, Preston C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0038308229     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2000.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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