Initial Development and Factor Structure of the Educator Test Stress Inventory

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-237

  von der Embse, Nathaniel P ^a   Kilgus, Stephen P ^b   Solomon, Hadley J ^c   Bowler, Mark ^d   Curtiss, Caroline ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; educational accountability; high stakes testing; teacher stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930449552     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: 15575144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282914548329     Document Type: Article

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