Conflicting demands: Assessment practices in three South African primary schools undergoing desegregation

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-481

  Vandeyar, Saloshna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 33845360940     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2005.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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