Meanings and consequences: A basis for distinguishing formative and summative functions of assessment?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-548

  Wiliam, Dylan ^a   Black, Paul ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030369925     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192960220502     Document Type: Article

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