Assessment is as assessment does: A conceptual framework for understanding online assessment and measurement

Online Assessment and Measurement: Foundations and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-45

  Bartley, Jeanette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

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EID: 84897329456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-720-1.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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