Validity in classroom assessment: Purposes, properties, and principles

SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-106

  Bonner, Sarah M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84919846004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452218649.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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