Understanding and addressing the achievement gap through individualized instruction and formative assessment

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-182

  Yeh, Stuart S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79959923190     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695941003694466     Document Type: Article

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