Evaluating Early Childhood Assessments: A Differential Analysis

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 532-549

  Meisels, Samuel J ^a   Atkins Burnett, Sally ^b  

^a ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Differential analysis; Evaluation; Hypothesis; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889385606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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