Determining validity in national curriculum assessments

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-179

  Stobart, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construct validity; National curriculum assessment; Reliability; Threats to validity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249214156     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880902891305     Document Type: Article

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