Issues in using student achievement data in decision making: The case of reading

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Parr, Judy ^a   Reddish, Paul ^a   Timperley, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achievement gains; Assessment instruments; Instructionally effective schools; Reading achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649180135     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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