Aligning Tests with States' Content Standards: Methods and Issues

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Bhola, Dennison S ^a   Impara, James C ^b   Buckendahl, Chad W ^b  

^a Buros Institute for Assessment Consultation and Outreach   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Large scale testing; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644232915     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2003.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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