School System Evaluation by Value Added Analysis Under Endogeneity

Psychometrika

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-153

  Manzi, Jorge ^a,b   San Martín, Ernesto ^a,b,c   Van Bellegem, Sébastien ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Measurement Center MIDE UC   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

endogeneity; hierarchical linear mixed model; instrumental variable; school effect; value added

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893944937     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-013-9338-0     Document Type: Article

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