The impact of high-stakes testing on curriculum and pedagogy: A teacher perspective from Australia

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 640-657

  Polesel, John ^a   Rice, Suzanne ^a   Dulfer, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical analysis; equity social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904325006     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2013.865082     Document Type: Article

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