Does teacher evaluation improve school performance? experimental evidence from Chicago’s excellence in teaching project

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 535-572

  Steinberg, Matthew P ^a   Sartain, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84943394044     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00173     Document Type: Article

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