Examining England's national curriculum assessments: An analysis of the KS2 reading test questions, 1993-2004

Literacy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Kispal, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Question focus; Questions; Reading test

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944478939     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9345.2005.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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