Public policy failure and fiasco in education: Perspectives on the British examinations crises of 2000-2002 and other episodes since 1975

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-160

  Richardson, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247493222     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701259907     Document Type: Article

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