Assessment for learning in the Hong Kong assessment reform: A case of policy borrowing

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 68, Issue , 2021, Pages

  Yan, Zi ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b,c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; Assessment reform; Policy borrowing; Public examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85100464147     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.100985     Document Type: Article

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