Aggregating student achievement trends across states with different tests: Using standardized slopes as effect sizes

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-61

  Yin, Robert K ^a   Schmidt, R James ^a   Besag, Frank ^b  

^a COSMOS Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 33744478623     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327930pje8102_3     Document Type: Article

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