Using a collaborative action research approach to negotiate an understanding of formative assessment in an era of accountability testing

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 80, Issue , 2019, Pages 27-38

  Yin, Xinying ^a   Buck, Gayle A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability testing; Collaborative action research; Formative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059665270     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2018.12.018     Document Type: Article

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