In-service teacher professional learning: Use of assessment in data-based decision-making

Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 77-94

  Lai, Mei Kuin ^a   Schildkamp, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85018070878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315749136-11     Document Type: Chapter

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