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I am grateful to Gordon Joughin for his constant support and critical readings of different versions of this chapter during its development. His many suggestions for improvement have been invaluable.

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Sadler, D.R. (2009). Transforming Holistic Assessment and Grading into a Vehicle for Complex Learning. In: Joughin, G. (eds) Assessment, Learning and Judgement in Higher Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8905-3_4

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