“I’m just going through the motions”: High-stakes accountability and teachers’ access to intrinsic rewards

American Journal of Education

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-500

  Rooney, Erin ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937831662     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681923     Document Type: Article

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