Formative assessment: Getting the focus right

Educational Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Wiliam, Dylan ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 33750195063     PISSN: 10627197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326977ea1103&4_7     Document Type: Review

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