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Assessing ethics education through national tests—an advantage or not?

Karin Sporre
- 04 Mar 2019 - 
- Vol. 51, Iss: 2, pp 262-278
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In this paper, the authors describe, critically analyse and discuss the Swedish system of assessing ethics education in compulsory school through national tests, and present the publicly available tests for the evaluation.
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The purpose of this study is to describe, critically analyse and discuss the Swedish system of assessing ethics education in compulsory school through national tests. The publicly available tests f ...

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