Teacher evaluation in China: Latest trends and future directions

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-250

  Liu, Shujie ^a   Zhao, Decheng ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese teachers; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher evaluation; Teacher performance pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880080869     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-013-9168-8     Document Type: Article

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