Make Room Value Added: Principals’ Human Capital Decisions and the Emergence of Teacher Observation Data

Educational Researcher

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-104

  Goldring, Ellen ^a   Grissom, Jason A ^a   Rubin, Mollie ^a   Neumerski, Christine M ^a   Cannata, Marisa ^a   Drake, Timothy ^a   Schuermann, Patrick ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; leadership; principals; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924758673     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X15575031     Document Type: Article

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