The public understanding of assessment in educational reform in the United States

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-71

  Brookhart, Susan M ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; assessment; educational reform; objectivity; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874489230     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.764751     Document Type: Article

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