Skills, productivity and the evaluation of teacher performance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-204

  Harris, Douglas N ^a   Sass, Tim R ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Observational ratings; Teacher evaluations; Value added

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84898862545     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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