Using factor analysis to investigate accommodations used by students with disabilities on an English-Language arts assessment

Applied Measurement in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-208

  Cook, Linda ^a   Eignor, Daniel ^a   Sawaki, Yasuyo ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan ^a   Cline, Frederick ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 77951085078     PISSN: 08957347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957341003673831     Document Type: Article

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