Everyone's doing it, but what does teacher testing tell us about teacher effectiveness?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 765-794

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TEACHING;

EID: 37349111067     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xlii.4.765     Document Type: Article

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