Vertical equating for state assessments: Issues and solutions in determination of adequate yearly progress and school accountability

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Lissitz, Robert W ^a   Huynh, Huynh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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