Teacher inquiry into formative assessment practices in remedial reading classrooms

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-58

  Brookhart, Susan M ^a   Moss, Connie M ^a   Long, Beverly A ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Armstrong School District   (United States)

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EID: 79956112676     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695940903565545     Document Type: Article

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