The Association of State Policy Attributes With Teachers' Instructional Alignment

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-294

  Polikoff, Morgan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment; assessments; instruction; No Child Left Behind; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859610838     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711431302     Document Type: Article

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