Linking teacher quality, student attendance, and student achievement

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-149

  Gershenson, Seth ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84964016567     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00180     Document Type: Article

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