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- ISSN: 0007-8204
- E-ISSN: 1943-2216
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Teacher Testing: Advice for Faculty in Literature, Rhetoric, and Creative Writing
- Source: English Education, Volume 34, Issue 2, Jan 2002, p. 127 - 135
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- 01 Jan 2002
Abstract
Discusses the Praxis II exam, “English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge,” a two-hour multiple-choice exam with questions on American, British, and world literature, literary terms, grammar and usage, and teaching. Suggests that nowledge of subject matter seems to be related to successful teaching, but whether certification exams can adequately and fairly assess that knowledge has not been established.
© 2002 by the National Council of Teachers of English