Using baseline studies in the investigation of test impact

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-116

  Wall, Dianne ^a   Horák, Tania ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76849092464     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940701272922     Document Type: Article

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