Teacher quality and attrition in a US school district

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-585

  Ingle, William Kyle ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Quality; Teachers; United States of America; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350383527     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230910981062     Document Type: Article

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