Reforms to higher education assessment reporting: Opportunities and challenges

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-258

  Crossouard, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment reform; Assessment regime; Equity; Higher education reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953729046     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562511003740809     Document Type: Article

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