Teacher assessment of seven year olds in England: A study of its summative function

Early Years

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-28

  Hall, Kathy ^a   Harding, Austin ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Level descriptions; National curriculum assessment; Teacher assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010894579     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957514990200103     Document Type: Article

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