Developing short forms of the EARLI numeracy measures: Comparison of item selection methods

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 825-842

  Lei, Pui Wa ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   DiPerna, James C ^a   Morgan, Paul L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head Start; Item selection methods; Numeracy; Preschool sample; Progress monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350129049     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409332215     Document Type: Article

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