Setting standards for student assessment

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-103

  Pell, Godfrey ^a,b   Roberts, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644866048     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01406720500537486     Document Type: Article

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