Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R: Between-countries and within-country comparisons of eighth graders' mathematics performance

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-173

  Birenbaum, Menucha ^a   Tatsuoka, Curtis ^b   Yamada, Tomoko ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 5444220771     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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