Do teacher characteristics matter? New results on the effects of teacher preparation on student achievement

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Kukla Acevedo, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resource allocation; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 57349105615     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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