Teachers' assessment knowledge and their perceptions of the impact of classroom assessment professional development

Improving Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-113

  Mertler, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Professional development; Professional reflection; Teacher competence; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949167668     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480209105575     Document Type: Article

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