Management by results: Student evaluation of faculty teaching and the mis-measurement of performance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-428

  Langbein, Laura ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education economics; Efficiency; Productivity; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHING; VALUATION;

EID: 44049095184     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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