Intake assessments for alternative teacher education: Moving from legitimation towards predictive validity

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 657-665

  Ackley, Blaine C ^a   Fallon, Moira A ^b   Brouwer, Niels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33847024488     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930601117134     Document Type: Article

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