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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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The Affordances and Constraints of Special Education Initial Teacher Licensure Policy for Teacher Preparation.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the influence of initial special education licensure policies with an emphasis on the differences across states on two key options: whether licensure for special education teachers is a stand-alone initial license or whether the state requires a general education license before obtaining a second license in special education.
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Do pupils from low-income families get low-quality teachers? Indirect evidence from English schools
Rebecca Allen,Sam Sims +1 more
TL;DR: Gaps between the educational attainment of pupils from higher and lower income families are widespread and persistent as discussed by the authors, and teacher quality is amongst the most important school-based determinants of pup...
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Changes in the Demographics, Qualifications, and Turnover of American STEM Teachers, 1988–2012:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and analyse STEM education for all students through descriptive and regression analysi cation. But, they focus on STEM teachers and emphasize that qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers are critical in the provision of high quality STEM education.
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The Influence of Classroom Seating Position on Student Learning Gains in Primary Schools in Kenya
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the contribution of classroom students' seating positions to learning gains and found that sitting in the front row in a classroom led to higher learning gains compared to sitting in other rows that are farther away from the chalkboard.
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Inside the Black Box: Examining Mediators and Moderators of a Middle School Science Intervention:
TL;DR: This paper used data from a randomized controlled trial of a middle school science intervention to explore the causal mechanisms by which the intervention produced previously documented gains in student achievement, and found that implementation fidelity, operationalized as a measure of the frequency of implementation of the cognitive science principles taught in intervention teachers' professional development, helped to explain student achievement effects.
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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
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