Smaller, quicker, cheaper: Alternative strategies for literacy assessment in the UN Literacy Decade

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-309

  Wagner, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative assessment; Literacy; Measurement of learning achievement; New methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144261970     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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