What we know and need to know about alternate assessment

Exceptional Children

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-61

  Browder, Diane M ^a,b   Spooner, Fred ^a,b   Algozzine, Robert ^a,b   Ahlgrim Delzell, Lynn ^a,b   Flowers, Claudia ^a,b   Karvonen, Meagan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Department of Counseling ^*

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EID: 13844268127     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290307000103     Document Type: Article

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