Outcomes-based assessment and reporting in language learning programmes: A review of the issues

Language Testing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-85

  Brindley, Geoff ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0007289482     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229801500103     Document Type: Review

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