Adapting achievement and aptitude tests: A review of methodological issues

Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 171-192

  Cook, Linda L ^a   Schmitt Cascallar, Alicia P ^b   Brown, Catherine ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b Assessment Group International   (Belgium)

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EID: 80051645915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611758     Document Type: Chapter

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