Validity in formative assessment

Assessment and Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 233-242

  Stobart, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917678378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446250808.n14     Document Type: Chapter

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