What Do Teacher Candidates Know About Large-Scale Assessments? What Should They Know?

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-367

  Childs, Ruth A ^a,c   Lawson, Alexandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Measurement ^*

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EID: 1842538868     PISSN: 00024805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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