Maximizing construct relevant assessment: The optimal preschool testing situation

The Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 33-44

  Bracken, Bruce A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611451     Document Type: Chapter

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