D U C A T I O N A L R E S E A R C
The Alberta Journal of Educational Research
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J i m A n d e r s o n
University of British Columbia
A n t h o n y W . Bartley
Lakehead University
P a u l Begley
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Eduction of the University of Toronto
A r d r a L . C o l e
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Eduction of the University of Toronto
Sharon M . H a g g e r t y
University of Western Ontario
Susan H i l l
University of South Australia
B o b b i K e r l i n
Portland State University
Pauline L e o n a r d
University of Saskatchewan
D i a n n e L o o k e r
Acadia University
Roberta M u r a
Laval University
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The Alberta Journal of
Educational Research
Volume XLV, Number 4, Winter 1999
Theme Issue: Measurement and Evaluation:
Current and Future Research Directions
for the New Millennium
W. Todd Rogers 329 Introduction
M e a s u r e m e n t a n d E v a l u a t i o n :
C u r r e n t a n d Future Research Directions for the N e w M i l l e n n i u m
Articles
Robert J. Wilson 333 Aspects of V a l i d i t y i n Large-Scale
P r o g r a m s of Student Assessment
John O. Anderson 344 Does C o m p l e x A n a l y s i s (IRT) P a y A n y
D i v i d e n d s i n A c h i e v e m e n t Testing?
Mark Gierl 353 U s i n g Statistical a n d Judgmental
W . Todd Rogers R e v i e w s to Identify a n d Interpret
Don A. Klinger Translation Differential Item F u n c t i o n i n g
Philip Nagy 377 A Procedure for Detecting Student Randall Penfield Profile Patterns i n a Performance
Assessment
Carl Frederiksen 392 C o g n i t i v e Assessment i n C o a c h e d Janet Donin L e a r n i n g E n v i r o n m e n t s
Jacqueline P. Leighton 409 Assessment of Student P r o b l e m - S o l v i n g
W . Todd Rogers o n Ill-Defined Tasks
Thomas O. Maguire
John R. Kirby 428 Theory-Based P r e d i c t i o n of E a r l y R e a d i n g Rauno K. Panila
Research Notes
467
G u i d e l i n e sDiana L. Gustafson 468
Mary M. Brooks Beth Young Susan Ansara
471
T o w a r d Inclusionary Practices i n the E d u c a t i o n of N u r s e s : A C r i t i q u e of Transcultural N u r s i n g Theory
E x p l o r i n g Part-Time Teaching E m p l o y m e n t i n A l b e r t a
Book Reviews
Y atta Kanu 474 Achieving Educational Equality: Assuring All Students an Equal Opportunity in School
by Herbert G r o s s m a n
Meredith Rogers Cherland 479 Daily Meaning: Counternarratives of Teachers' Work b y A l l a n R. N e u s e n (Ed.)
Joanne Tompkins 482 A Sense of Themselves: Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community b y
C a r o l E. H a r r i s
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