Assuring academic achievement standards: From moderation to calibration

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-19

  Sadler, D Royce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic standards; higher education; moderation; peer review; teacher judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873473479     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2012.714742     Document Type: Article

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