Making valid and consistent inferences about school effectiveness from multiple measures

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 40-52

  Chester, Mitchell D ^a  

^a Ohio Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Multiple measures; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244435796     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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