Validity arguments for high-stakes testing: In search of the evidence

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 5-9

  Haertel, Edward H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344496072     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1999.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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