Policy expectations and support for teacher formative assessment in Australian education reform

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 620-637

  Van der Kleij, Fabienne Michelle ^a   Cumming, Jacqueline Joy ^a   Looney, Anne ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Australian professional standards for teachers; educational reform; Formative assessment; national curriculum; teacher guidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029441397     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2017.1374924     Document Type: Article

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