What happens when high-stakes testing stops? teachers' perceptions of the impact of compulsory national testing in science of 11-year-olds in England and its abolition in Wales

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-286

  Collins, Sue ^a   Reiss, Michael ^b   Stobart, Gordon ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959992550     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2010.496205     Document Type: Article

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