Economic perspectives on investments in teacher quality: Lessons learned from research on productivity and human resource development

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Plecki, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3042573798     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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