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Assessment hurdles in schools have proliferated dramatically in the last decade. The US Accounting Office estimates that between 2002 and 2008 assessment spending in the USA rose from $1.9 to $5.3 billion, and in England the Times reported that: “English children are tested longer, harder and younger than anywhere else in the world” (Stewart, 2010).
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Kimbell, R. (2013). Transferring Standards. In: Middleton, H.E., Baartman, L.K.J. (eds) Transfer, Transitions and Transformations of Learning. International Technology Education Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-437-6_7
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