A New Vision of Authentic Assessment to Overcome the Flaws in High Stakes Testing

Middle School Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-23

  French, Dan ^a  

^a Center for Collaborative Education   (United States)

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EID: 84965105182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2003.11494522     Document Type: Article

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