The urgent need for new approaches in school evaluation to enable Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-106

  MacKinnon, Niall ^a  

^a Plockton Primary School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Audit; Education; Enhancement; Evaluation; Grading; Inspection; Quality; Scotland; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551603383     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-011-9116-4     Document Type: Article

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