The distribution of teacher quality and implications for policy

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-157

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,c,d,e   Rivkin, Steven G ^b,c,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

economic impacts; LIFO policies; persistence; teacher value added; test measurement error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873106665     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080511-111001     Document Type: Article

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