Does teacher certification matter? High school teacher certification status and student achievement

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-145

  Goldhaber, Dan D ^a   Brewer, Dominic J ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0034409193     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737022002129     Document Type: Article

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