Educational accountability tests, social and legal inclusion approaches to discrimination for students with disability: A national case study from Australia

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-239

  Cumming, J Joy ^a   Dickson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anti discrimination law; Australia; educational accountability; inclusion; legal compliance; students with disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876303466     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2012.730499     Document Type: Article

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