Methods to Evaluate Competency and Enhance Quality Assurance Internationally and Across Professions

Global Promise: Quality Assurance and Accountability in Professional Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Greenberg, Sandra ^a   Smith, I Leon ^a  

^a Professional Examination Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; International test commission; Professional competence; Psychometrics; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920601100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306088.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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