Uneven Playing Field? Assessing the Teacher Quality Gap Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Students

Educational Researcher

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 293-307

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   Lavery, Lesley ^b   Theobald, Roddy ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; certification licensure; descriptive analysis; economics of education; educational policy; educational reform; school teacher effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936850503     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X15592622     Document Type: Article

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