Evidence in teacher education: The Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT)

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-36

  Pecheone, Raymond L ^a   Chung, Ruth R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Teacher education policy; Teacher evaluation; Teacher licensure; Teacher performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044449640     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487105284045     Document Type: Review

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