A standards-driven, task-based assessment approach for teacher credentialing with potential for college accreditation

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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