Balancing varied assessment functions to attain systemic validity: Three is the magic number

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-201

  Hickey, Daniel T ^a   Zuiker, Steven J ^a   Taasoobshirazi, Gita ^b   Schafer, Nancy Jo ^c   Michael, Marina A ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 33750953613     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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