Formative assessment in language education policies: Emerging lessons from Wales and Scotland

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 64-79

  Leung, Constant ^a,c   Scott, Catriona ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Education and Professional Studies   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950760648     PISSN: 02671905     EISSN: 14716356     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1017/S0267190509090060     Document Type: Review

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