Revisioning assessment through a children's rights approach: Implications for policy, process and practice

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-353

  Elwood, Jannette ^a   Lundy, Laura ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children's rights; Equality; Participation; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958155531     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2010.498150     Document Type: Article

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