Extended time as a testing accommodation: Its effects and perceived consequences

Exceptional Children

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-367

  Elliott, Stephen N ^a,c   Marquart, Ann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Heartland Area Education Agency 11   (United States)

^c Department of Educational Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 16244368051     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290407000306     Document Type: Article

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