Educational evaluation in Scandinavian countries: Converging or diverging practices?

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-87

  Hansen, Hanne Foss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Educational evaluation; Evaluation organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349129278     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830802628349     Document Type: Article

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