Parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of standards-based and traditional report cards

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-299

  Swan, Gerry M ^a   Guskey, Thomas R ^a   Jung, Lee Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Grading; Reporting student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957426221     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-014-9191-4     Document Type: Article

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