The effect of teacher certification on middle grades achievement in an urban district

Educational Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 732-760

  Neild, Ruth Curran ^a   Farley Ripple, Elizabeth Nash ^b   Byrnes, Vaughan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle grades; Teacher quality; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349083650     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904808320675     Document Type: Article

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