Classification consistency when scores are converted to grades: Examination marks versus moderated school assessments

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-272

  Maccann, Robert G ^a   Stanley, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959928028     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2010.496173     Document Type: Article

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