The new educational accountability: Understanding the landscape of teacher evaluation in the post-NCLB era

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 340-359

  Steinberg, Matthew P ^a   Donaldson, Morgaen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84978435114     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00186     Document Type: Article

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