The Construct Validity of Curriculum-Based Measurement of Reading: An Empirical Test of a Plausible Rival Hypothesis

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-415

  Kranzler, John H ^a   Brownell, Mary T ^a   Miller, M David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Curriculum based measurement; Information processing; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038980896     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4405(98)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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