Exploring tensions in developing assessment for learning

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-184

  Webb, Mary ^a   Jones, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954458926     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940903075925     Document Type: Article

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