What makes good teachers good?: A cross-case analysis of the connection between teacher effectiveness and student achievement

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-355

  Stronge, James H ^a   Ward, Thomas J ^a   Grant, Leslie W ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom management; instructional practices; student achievement; student learning; teacher effectiveness; teacher quality; value added assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052989434     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487111404241     Document Type: Article

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