Validation of scores from a measure of teachers' efficacy toward standards-aligned classroom assessment

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-474

  Wolfe, Edward W ^a   Viger, Steven G ^b   Jarvinen, Denis W ^c   Linksman, Jay ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MetriTech ^*  (United States)

^d Professional Development Alliance

Author keywords

Multidimensional IRT; Rasch; Standards; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248200965     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406292091     Document Type: Article

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