Perceptions of trust in public examinations

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-35

  Simpson, Lucy ^a   Baird, Jo Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

examination standards; fitness of purpose; focus groups; marking; mode of assessment; syllabus; transparency; trust in A levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874486323     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2012.760264     Document Type: Article

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