Measurement techniques of student performance and literacy: College and high school

International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-319

  Asarta, Carlos ^a   Rebeck, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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