Teacher testing, teacher education, and teacher characteristics

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a   Guryan, Jonathan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 4043119756     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041302172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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