High-Stakes Assessment and New Curricula: A Queensland Case of Competing Tensions in Curriculum Development

Reinventing the Curriculum: New Trends in Curriculum Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 207-228

  Lingard, Bob ^a   McGregor, Glenda ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Diploma of Education   (Australia)

^d Australian Research Council   (Australia)

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