Standards of teaching and teaching tests: Is this the right way to go?

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-52

  Zuzovsky, Ruth ^a   Libman, Zipora ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

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EID: 33646936072     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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