Teachers' perceptions of alternate assessments

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-92

  Flowers, Claudia ^a,b   Ahlgrim Delzell, Lynn ^a   Browder, Diane ^a   Spooner, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative assessments; School accountability; Teacher perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144448124     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.30.2.81     Document Type: Review

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