Teacher assessment and psychometric theory: A case of paradigm crossing?

Language Testing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-184

  Teasdale, Alex ^a   Leung, Constant ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990344919     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553220001700204     Document Type: Article

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