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Baker, E. L. (1998). Model-based performance assessment. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 465). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

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Borko, H., Flory, M., & Cumbo, K. (1993). Teachers’ ideas and practices about assessment and instruction: A case study of the effects of alternative assessment in instruction, student learning and accountability practices. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 366). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

Borko, H., Mayfield, V., Marion, S. F., Flexer, R. J., & Cumbo, K. (1997). Teachers’ developing ideas and practices about mathematics performance assessment: Successes, stumbling blocks, and implications for professional development. (CSE Tech. Rep. No. 423). Los Angeles: University of California, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST).

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