The Current State of Assessment Education: Aligning Policy, Standards, and Teacher Education Curriculum

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-372

  DeLuca, Christopher ^a   Bellara, Aarti ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation policy; assessment education; assessment literacy; preservice teacher education; teacher competency standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881002049     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487113488144     Document Type: Article

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