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On standardized achievement testing: Response to Freedman and Wilson and a last word

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  1. Seneca College and North York Board of Education, North York, Canada

    Diane E. Meaghan

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, USA

    François R. Casas

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Meaghan, D.E., Casas, F.R. On standardized achievement testing: Response to Freedman and Wilson and a last word. Interchange 26, 81–96 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01439273

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