Is a good elementary teacher always good? Assessing teacher performance estimates across subjects

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-228

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   Cowan, James ^a   Walch, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Productivity; Teacher effectiveness; Value added

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881488204     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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