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Teacher training, teacher quality and student achievement
Douglas N. Harris,Tim R. Sass +1 more
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In this article, the effects of various types of education and training on the productivity of teachers in promoting student achievement were studied. But they did not find a consistent relationship between formal professional development training and teacher productivity, and they found no evidence that teachers' pre-service training or college entrance exam scores are related to productivity.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 1263 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Professional development.read more
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Dynamics of preservice teacher quality
TL;DR: This article examined the improvement trajectories and rate of change in the teaching quality of 1283 preservice teachers over the course of their student residency and found that the rapidly improving group ended two standard deviations above the rest of the sample.
Music teachers' concern of inclusive music teaching scale :development, validation and correlates
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and validated the Music Teachers' Concerns of Inclusive Music Teaching Scale (CIMTS) to measure primary school teachers' concerns about teaching music to students with special educational needs in inclusive classrooms in Hong Kong.
Do Bonuses Affect Teacher Staffing and Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools? Evidence from an Incentive for National Board Certified Teachers in Washington State. Working Paper No. 194-0618-1.
James Cowan,Dan Goldhaber +1 more
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Teacher and Teaching Effects on Students' Academic Performance, Attitudes, and Behaviors
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a collection of papers with the following titles: p. iv Introduction.................................................................................. p. 1 Paper 1........................................................................................ p. 4 Paper 2................................................................................ p. 52 Paper 3........................................................................................p. 112 Conclusion.................................................................................... p. 160
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The impact of teacher training on teacher and student outcomes: evidence from a randomised experiment in Beijing migrant schools
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors exploited a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an intensive, short-term inservice teacher training program on the performance of English teachers in Beijing migrant schools and their students.
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