"staffing to the test": Are today's school personnel practices evidence based?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-505

  Cohen Vogel, Lora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; data use; personnel practices; teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855139193     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711419845     Document Type: Article

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