Dynamic Assessment: Fairness through the prism of mediation

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-112

  Poehner, Matthew E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic assessment; Dynamic Assessment; Fairness; Interaction; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956115533     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2011.567090     Document Type: Article

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