Teacher heterogeneity, value-added and education policy

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-92

  Condie, Scott ^a   Lefgren, Lars ^a   Sims, David ^a  

^a 130 Faculty Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Education policy; Teacher heterogeneity; Value added

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; RANKING; STUDENT; TEACHING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895779294     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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