Preparing teachers of english language learners: Empirical evidence and policy implications

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages

  López, Francesca ^a   Scanlan, Martin ^a   Gundrum, Becky ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; English language learners; Latinos; NAEP; Teacher certification programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875113010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v21n20.2013     Document Type: Article

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