An analysis of teachers' rating scales as sources of evidence for a standardised Greek reading test

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-320

  Triga, Anastassia ^a,b  

^a Natl Found for Educ Research   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13244252319     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2004.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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