Does an Urban Teacher Residency Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence From Boston

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-434

  Papay, John P ^a   West, Martin R ^b   Fullerton, Jon B ^b   Kane, Thomas J ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

program evaluation; teacher preparation; urban teacher residencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869190102     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712454328     Document Type: Article

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