'Exactly what do you mean by consistency?' Exploring concepts of consistency and standards in Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-68

  Hayward, E Louise ^a   Hutchinson, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Education Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

change; consistency; national assessment; risk; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873424934     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2012.742423     Document Type: Article

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