Test score interpretation and use

Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-25

  Chapelle, Carol A ^a   Enright, Mary K ^b   Jamieson, Joan M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925790435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203937891     Document Type: Chapter

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