Defining authentic classroom assessment

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Frey, Bruce B ^a   Schmitt, Vicki L ^b   Allen, Justin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Logan Rogersville School District   (United States)

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