Teacher training, teacher quality and student achievement

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 798-812

  Harris, Douglas N ^a   Sass, Tim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Student achievement; Teacher quality; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955015642     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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