Subjective and objective evaluations of teacher effectiveness: Evidence from New York City

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 687-696

  Rockoff, Jonah E ^a   Speroni, Cecilia ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee evaluation; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052273504     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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