Is a Good Teacher a Good Teacher for All? Comparing Value-Added of Teachers With Their English Learners and Non-English Learners

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 457-475

  Loeb, Susanna ^a   Soland, James ^a   Fox, Lindsay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; teacher labor markets; teacher policy; value added estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911924748     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373714527788     Document Type: Article

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