The impact of assessment and accountability on teacher recruitment and retention: Are there unintended consequences?

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-111

  Boyd, Donald ^a   Lankford, Hamilton ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^b   Wyckoff, James ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education policy; Educational accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949032139     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106293446     Document Type: Article

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