Adjusting for measurement error in the value added model: Evidence from Portugal

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 951-963

  Ferrão, Maria Eugénia ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated measurement errors; Longitudinal data; Measurement error; Multilevel model; Reliability; School effectiveness; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349123833     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-008-9171-1     Document Type: Article

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