What do alternate assessments of alternate academic achievement standards measure? A multitrait-multimethod analysis

Exceptional Children

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-474

  Kettler, Ryan J ^a   Elliott, Stephen N ^a   Beddow, Peter A ^a   Compton, Elizabeth ^b   McGrath, Dawn ^c   Kaase, Kristopher J ^d   Bruen, Charles ^e   Ford, Lisa ^f   Hinton, Kent ^g  

^a 410E Wyatt Center   (United States)

^b Sweet Elementary School   (United States)

^c Indiana Dept of Health   (United States)

^d Mississippi Dept of Education   (United States)

^e Arizona Department of Education   (United States)

^f Nevada Department of Education   (United States)

^g Hawaii Department of Education   (United States)

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EID: 79955463556     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291007600405     Document Type: Article

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