How and why has teacher quality changed in Australia?

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-159

  Leigh, Andrew ^a   Ryan, Chris ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; STUDENT; TEACHING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 47149114525     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2008.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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