Primary teachers' perceptions of baseline assessment in mathematics

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-130

  Kyriakides, L ^a   Campbell, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033478937     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(99)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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