Measure for measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school english language arts and teachers' value-added scores

American Journal of Education

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 445-470

  Grossman, Pam ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^a   Cohen, Julie ^a   Wyckoff, James ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84876901326     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669901     Document Type: Article

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