Do teachers matter?

Simon Burgess discusses his recent paper 'Do teachers matter?' which looks at whether individual teachers actually make a difference to GCSE scores.

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• Full article - Do teachers matter? Measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in England CMPO Working Paper 09/212

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