Large-scale mathematics assessment: Looking globally to act locally

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-288

  Doig, Brian ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952573981     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940601035403     Document Type: Article

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