Mandated literacy assessment and the reorganisation of teachers' work: Federal policy, local effects

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-136

  Comber, Barbara ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethnography; institutional equity; literacy; policy; standardised testing; teachers' work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860328327     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2012.672331     Document Type: Article

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