Education policy mediation: Principals' work with mandated literacy assessment

English in Australia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Comber, Barbara ^a   Cormack, Phil ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 80052621559     PISSN: 0046208X     EISSN: 01552147     Source Type: Journal    
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