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ERIC Number: EJ460585
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0920-525X
Assessing the Professional Knowledge of Prospective Teachers: Identifying the Questions That Work Best.
Powers, Donald E.; Pitcher, Barbara
Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, v6 n2 p153-76 Dec 1992
The degree to which between-group differences in performance on individual questions on the NTE Professional Knowledge Test conform to expectations was studied for 19,307 examinees who had taken the NTE Core Battery. Some items are quite consistent with the intended test interpretation test, whereas others are less consistent. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Education Majors, Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Level, Licensing Examinations (Professions), National Competency Tests, Performance, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Certification, Test Interpretation, Test Items
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: NTE Test of Professional Knowledge; Subject Content Knowledge; Teacher Competency Testing