Extended time test accommodation: Directions for future research and practice

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Stretch, LoriAnn S ^a   Osborne, Jason W ^b  

^a CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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