Performance assessment and authentic assessment: A conceptual analysis of the literature

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Palm, Torulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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