Cultivating assessment literacy: Standards evaluation through language-test specification reverse engineering

Language Assessment Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-342

  Walters, F Scott ^a  

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EID: 78650040335     PISSN: 15434303     EISSN: 15434311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2010.516042     Document Type: Article

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