Case study of the influences on alternate assessment outcomes for students with disabilities

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-110

  Karvonen, Meagan ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^b   Browder, Diane M ^b   Wakeman, Shawnee Y ^b   Algozzine, Bob ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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