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A Fresh Look at Assessment

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Ipsative Assessment

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Most of the time, most people will not achieve perfection or excellence, but most people can make improvements most of the time. This simple statement will form the basis for the book and in this introductory chapter I will begin to explore why I think a fresh look at assessment is long overdue.

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Hughes, G. (2014). A Fresh Look at Assessment. In: Ipsative Assessment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137267221_1

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