Developing the assessment literacy of university proficiency test users

Language Testing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-380

  O'Loughlin, Kieran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment literacy; proficiency testing; test score users; university admissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880584951     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265532213480336     Document Type: Article

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