Testing times: Questions concerning assessment for school improvement

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-361

  Peim, Nick ^a,b   Flint, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Education; Enframing; Heidegger; Improvement; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949115087     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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