Should tougher basic skills requirements be viewed as a means of strengthening the teaching force?

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-191

  Memory, David M ^a   Antes, Richard L ^a   Corey, Noble R ^a   Chaney, David E ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037970947     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012700708927     Document Type: Article

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