Do principals fire the worst teachers?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-434

  Jacob, Brian A ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

principals; teacher hiring; teacher tenure; teachers; value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855139210     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711414704     Document Type: Article

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