Teacher licensing examinations-True progress or an illusion?

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Libman, Zipora ^a  

^a Kibbutzim College of Education Technology and the Arts   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accountability; Licensing procedures; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949119257     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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