Standards-Based Assessment with a Difference: The Impact of the New Zealand National Qualification Framework Reforms on Secondary School Science

International Journal of Educational Reform

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-325

  Vlaardingerbroek, Barend ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 34147097629     PISSN: 10567879     EISSN: 26319675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105678790501400304     Document Type: Article

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