Sentinels guarding the grail: Value-added measurement and the quest for education reform;Centinelas guardando el Santo Grial: Medida sobre el valor añadido y la Búsqueda para reformar la educación

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gabriel, Rachael ^a   Lester, Jessica Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Policy making; Teacher evaluation; Value added measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873390431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v21n9.2013     Document Type: Article

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