Media roles in influencing the public understanding of educational assessment issues

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-150

  Murphy, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

educational assessment; examination results; media coverage; public understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874454093     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.764760     Document Type: Article

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