What does the cognitive assessment system (CAS) measure? Joint confirmatory factor analysis of the CAS and the Woodcock-Johnson tests of cognitive ability (3rd edition)

School Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Keith, Timothy Z ^a   Kranzler, John H ^b   Flanagan, Dawn P ^c  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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