From Frequent Testing to Interactive Dialogue: Diversity and Challenge

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Paul Black

Abstract

The articles assembled in this special issue reflect very faithfully the diversity in what is now a rich field of development. But because they do this, they also highlight a problem: what it is about this topic that leads to the contributors describing such a diverse range of approaches to the practices of formative assessment?

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Black, P. (2009). From Frequent Testing to Interactive Dialogue: Diversity and Challenge. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 6(12), iii-vi. https://doi.org/10.56645/jmde.v6i12.250
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