Teachers, student achievement and national income: A cross-national examination of relationships and interactions

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-533

  Luschei, Thomas F ^a   Chudgar, Amita ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national study; Fourth grade; Mathematics and science achievement; Teacher quality; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 83855160776     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-011-9213-7     Document Type: Article

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