Understanding the impact of accountability on preservice teachers' decisions about where to teach

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 353-372

  Ng, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Standardized testing; Teacher shortages; Teacher socialization; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845530707     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-006-0038-2     Document Type: Article

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