Using common formative assessments as a source of professional development in an urban American elementary school

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 674-680

  Frey, Nancy ^a,b   Fisher, Douglas ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Professional development; Student work; Urban elementary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349159902     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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