Assessing against the grain: A conceptual framework for alternative assessments

Assessment for Equity and Inclusion: Embracing All Our Children

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 35-50

  Genishi, Celia ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203610848-8     Document Type: Chapter

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