Reliability of large-scale assessment and accountability systems

The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-113

  Kiplinger, Vonda L ^a  

^a WindWalker Consulting   (United States)

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EID: 84908902249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203895092     Document Type: Chapter

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