Building teacher capacity within the evolving assessment culture in Canadian education

Policy Futures in Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-460

  Klinger, Don A ^a   Volante, Louis ^b   Deluca, Christopher ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84866770616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14782103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/pfie.2012.10.4.447     Document Type: Article

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