Do teachers matter? measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in england

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-645

  Slater, Helen ^a   Davies, Neil M ^b   Burgess, Simon ^b  

^a HM Treasury   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866161766     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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