Portfolios, the pied piper of teacher certification assessments: Legal and psychometric issues

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 11, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Wilkerson, Judy R ^a   Lang, William Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 3042611935     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v11n45.2003     Document Type: Review

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