The changing roles of teachers in an era of high-stakes accountability

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-558

  Valli, Linda ^a   Buese, Daria ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Daniel College in Westminster Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiated instruction; Expansion; High stakes accountability; Intensification; Teacher roles; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649024276     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306859     Document Type: Article

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