Comparing the predictive validity of reasoning tests and national end of Key Stage 2 tests: Which tests are the 'best'?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-225

  Strand, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645690162     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920600569073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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