The impact of high stakes testing: The Australian story

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-79

  Klenowski, Val ^a   Wyatt Smith, Claire ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; high stakes testing; NAPLAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858317098     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2011.592972     Document Type: Article

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