Does teacher preparation matter? Evidence about teacher certification, teach for America, and teacher effectiveness

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Darling Hammond, Linda ^a   Holtzman, Deborah J ^a,b   Gatlin, Su Jin ^a   Heilig, Julian Vasquez ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Institute for Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Teacher certification; Teacher education; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844437308     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v13n42.2005     Document Type: Article

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