Setting and maintaining GCSE and GCE grading standards: The case for contextualised cohort-referencing

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-554

  Stringer, Neil Simon ^a  

^a Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

examination standards; examiner judgements; standard setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867547575     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2011.580364     Document Type: Article

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