Teacher assessment literacy: a review of international standards and measures

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 251-272

  DeLuca, Christopher ^a   LaPointe McEwan, Danielle ^a   Luhanga, Ulemu ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment competency; Assessment literacy; Assessment standards; Measurement; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948709180     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-015-9233-6     Document Type: Article

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