Level descriptions in the national curriculum: What kind of criterion referencing is this?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Sainsbury, Marian ^a   Sizmur, Steve ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032250757     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498980240203     Document Type: Article

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