Education and assessment in Sweden

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-128

  Wikström, Christina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 69249210344     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940600563470     Document Type: Article

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