The Effects of Teacher Entry Portals on Student Achievement

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-23

  Henry, Gary T ^a   Purtell, Kelly M ^b   Bastian, Kevin C ^c   Fortner, C Kevin ^d   Thompson, Charles L ^c   Campbell, Shanyce L ^c   Patterson, Kristina M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

educational policy; HLM (Hierarchical Linear Modeling); quantitative research; teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890024574     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487113503871     Document Type: Article

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