Standardisation and 'quick languages': The shape-shifting of standardised measurement of pupil achievement in Sweden and Germany

Comparative Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-385

  Lundahl, Christian ^a   Waldow, Florian ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REFORM PROCESS; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70449451174     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060903184940     Document Type: Article

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