The Sensitivity of Value-Added Estimates to Specification Adjustments: Evidence From School- and Teacher-Level Models in Missouri

Statistics and Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-27

  Ehlert, Mark ^a   Koedel, Cory ^b   Parsons, Eric ^a   Podgursky, Michael J ^b  

^a Economic and Policy Analysis Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational accountability; Growth model; School quality; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912073195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2330443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2330443X.2013.856152     Document Type: Article

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