The quality and distribution of teachers under the No Child Left Behind Act

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-150

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,c,d   Rivkin, Steven G ^b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77955619058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.3.133     Document Type: Article

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