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Value Added Metrics in Education

The Sensitivity of Value-Added Estimates to Specification Adjustments: Evidence From School- and Teacher-Level Models in Missouri

Pages 19-27 | Received 01 Aug 2012, Published online: 04 Nov 2014

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