Is it Just a Bad Class? Assessing the Long-term Stability of Estimated Teacher Performance

Economica

Volumn 80, Issue 319, 2013, Pages 589-612

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   Hansen, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEACHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879607191     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12002     Document Type: Article

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