High-Stakes Test Accommodations: Documentation Review by Testing Agencies in an Era of Change

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-180

  Banerjee, Manju ^a   Shaw, Stan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84992838151     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15345084070320030501     Document Type: Article

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