What is the relationship between teacher quality and student achievement? An exploratory study

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 165-184

  Stronge, James H ^a   Ward, Thomas J ^a   Tucker, Pamela D ^b   Hindman, Jennifer L ^c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Teacher Quality Resources LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective teacher; Ineffective teacher; Questioning; Student achievement; Student learning gains; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449089482     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-008-9053-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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