Teacher perceptions of a physical education statewide assessment program

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-215

  Rink, Judith ^a   Jones, Laura ^b   Kirby, Kym ^c   Mitchell, Murray ^a   Doutis, Panayiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Educational change; Physical education reform; School policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

DATA COLLECTION; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 34547327949     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2007.10599418     Document Type: Article

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