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Ng, Jennifer C. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2006
Research has shown that individuals who become teachers are uniquely oriented to the psychic rewards of teaching such as connecting with students and making a difference. Yet, in the era of "No Child Left Behind", emphasis upon test scores as indicators of student learning, competition within and between school districts, and threats of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Preservice Teachers, Federal Legislation, Scores