Pre-professional skills test scores as college of education admission criteria

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-223

  Mikitovics, Audrey ^a   Crehan, Kevin D ^b  

^a University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colleges of education admissions testing; Pre professional skills test; Validity evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044473408     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670209596594     Document Type: Article

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