Do teacher absences impact student achievement? Longitudinal evidence from one urban school district

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-200

  Miller, Raegen T ^a,b   Murnane, Richard J ^a   Willett, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Elementary education; Statistical analysis; Teacher attendance; Teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949105325     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373708318019     Document Type: Article

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