Teacher credentials and student achievement: Longitudinal analysis with student fixed effects

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 673-682

  Clotfelter, Charles T ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education production function; Teacher credentials; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549046493     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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