A rasch analysis of three measures of teacher perception generated from the school and staffing survey

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 842-860

  Wolfe, Edward W ^a   Ray, Lisa M ^a   Harris, Debbi C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rasch measurement; School climate; Secondary data analysis; Teacher perception; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344281220     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404263882     Document Type: Review

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