Classroom assessment practices, teacher judgments, and student achievement in mathematics: Evidence from the ECLS

Educational Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-102

  Martínez, José Felipe ^a   Stecher, Brian ^b   Borko, Hilda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 75149186467     PISSN: 10627197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10627190903039429     Document Type: Article

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