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Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice

@inproceedings{Wiliam2008AssessmentIE,
  title={Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy \& Practice},
  author={Dylan Wiliam},
  year={2008}
}
EXECUTIVE EDITORS Tom Bramley, Cambridge Assessment, UK Jannette Elwood, Queen’s University Belfast, UK Harvey Goldstein, University of Bristol, UK Anthony Green, University of Bedfordshire, UK Sandra Johnson, University of Bristol, UK Joshua McGrane, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, UK Pauline Rea-Dickins, Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, UK Gordon Stobart, UCL Institute of Education, UK Sally Thomas, University of Bristol, UK Guoxing Yu, University of… 
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