Assessing Students' Opportunity to Learn: Teacher and Student Perspectives

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 16-24

  Herman, Joan L ^a   Klein, Davina C D ^a   Abedi, Jamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3242686581     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2000.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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