Grading across schools

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dardanoni, Valentino ^a   Modica, Salvatore ^a   Pennsi, Aline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grades vs. competence; Grading heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649198503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2065     Document Type: Article

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