The impact of high-stakes testing on teaching and learning: Can this be predicted or controlled?

System

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 499-509

  Wall, Dianne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High stakes tests; Impact; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034411947     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0346-251X(00)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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