An examination of english teachers' opinions about the Ontario grade 9 reading and writing test

Interchange

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-145

  Lam, Tony C M ^a   Bordignon, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consequences of testing; Education reform; Grade 9 literacy test; Standardized testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144327749     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011938109935     Document Type: Article

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