Observed characteristics and teacher quality: Impacts of sample selection on a value added model

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-32

  Winters, Marcus A ^a   Dixon, Bruce L ^b   Greene, Jay P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Teacher characteristics; Teacher quality; Teacher training; Teachers; Value added

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855339833     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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