Improving teacher preparation and selection: Lessons from the Pennsylvania experience

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-415

  Strauss, Robert P ^a   Bowes, Lori R ^a   Marks, Mindy S ^b   Plesko, Mark R ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

I21; I22

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039591690     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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