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ERIC Number: EJ613874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
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Can You Take Dictation? Prescribing Teacher Quality through Testing.
Melnick, Susan L.; Pullin, Diana
Journal of Teacher Education, v51 n4 p262-75 Sep-Oct 2000
Examines recent implementation of the controversial Massachusetts Educator Certification Tests and the educational, legal, and public policy issues in the implementation of a teacher testing program. The paper focuses on: the contexts for teacher testing; the tests themselves; the quality of the tests; and legal issues in teacher testing and teacher education program accountability. (SM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, State Standards, Student Evaluation, Teacher Certification, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Evaluation, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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