Assessment literacy development: Identifying gaps in teacher Candidates' learning

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-438

  Deluca, Christopher ^a   Klingerb, Don A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79957544501     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2010.516643     Document Type: Article

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