Using Subject Test Scores Efficiently to Predict Teacher Value-Added

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-121

  Lefgren, Lars ^a   Sims, David ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

teacher evaluation; teacher quality; value added modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857408264     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711422377     Document Type: Article

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