Value-Added Modeling: Challenges for Measuring Special Education Teacher Quality
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Teacher heterogeneity , value added and education policy ∗
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عنوان ژورنال: InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1548-3320
DOI: 10.5070/d4101020131