Teacher characteristics and student achievement gains: A review

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-122

  Wayne, Andrew J ^a   Youngs, Peter ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Alternative teacher certification; Educational quality; Outcomes of education; Performance factors; Teacher characteristics; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037795665     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543073001089     Document Type: Review

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