Does student sorting invalidate value-added models of teacher effectiveness? an extended analysis of the rothstein critique

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-42

  Koedel, Cory ^a   Betts, Julian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052266799     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00027     Document Type: Article

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