Using high-stakes tests to derive school-level measures of special education efficacy

Large-scale Testing of Students with Disabilities: A Special Issue of Exceptionality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 107-126

  Schulte, Ann C ^a   Villwock, Diane N ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools   (New Caledonia)

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EID: 33750609286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203764466-4     Document Type: Chapter

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