Teacher scoring of large-scale assessment: Professional development or debilitation?

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 697-724

  Gambell, Trevor ^a   Hunter, Darryl ^b  

^a Administration Building   (Canada)

^b Education Quality and Accountability Office   (Canada)

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EID: 33645964115     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022027032000190696     Document Type: Article

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