A Model for Evaluating Him Stakes Testing Programs: Why the Fox Should Not Guard the Chicken Coop

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-12

  Downing, Steven M ^a   Haladyna, Thomas M ^b  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 0346706752     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1996.tb00801.x     Document Type: Article

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