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Articles

‘The punched cards were sent yesterday, we hope they arrive undamaged.’ Computers and international large-scale assessments during the 1960s and 1970s

Pages 93-108 | Received 01 Nov 2022, Accepted 17 May 2023, Published online: 31 May 2023

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