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Improving teacher preparation and selection: lessons from the Pennsylvania experience

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  • Strauss, Robert P.
  • Bowes, Lori R.
  • Marks, Mindy S.
  • Plesko, Mark R.

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  • Strauss, Robert P. & Bowes, Lori R. & Marks, Mindy S. & Plesko, Mark R., 2000. "Improving teacher preparation and selection: lessons from the Pennsylvania experience," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 387-415, October.
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    2. Hinrichs, Peter, 2021. "What kind of teachers are schools looking for? Evidence from a randomized field experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 395-411.
    3. Vogt, William B. & Strauss, Robert P., 2001. "It's What You Know, Not How You Learned to Teach It: Evidence from a Study of the Effects of Knowledge an d Pedagogy on Student Achievement," Working Papers 168, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
    4. Brian A. Jacob, 2010. "Do Principals Fire the Worst Teachers?," NBER Working Papers 15715, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Kaoru Nabeshima, 2003. "Raising the quality of secondary education in East Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3140, The World Bank.
    6. Jan Ondrich & Emily Pas & John Yinger, 2008. "The Determinants of Teacher Attrition in Upstate New York," Public Finance Review, , vol. 36(1), pages 112-144, January.
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