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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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Options for Educating Students Attending Department of Defense Schools in the United States
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the set of feasible options for educating military-connected children at these installations and determine which options are feasible at each installation, in terms of expected school quality, costs, and implementation considerations.
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Mathematics Teachers’ Perceptions of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)-Related Practices in Abu Dhabi Emirate Schools
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored mathematics teachers' perceptions and self-reported practices teaching mathematics for Trends of International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in Abu Dhabi schools in the United Arab Emirates.
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Evaluating Certified Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Performance: A Case Study in a High School in Aceh
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated certified Indonesian EFL teachers' performance: a case study in a high school in Aceh Besar, Aceh, involving three certificated English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers, fifteen EFL learners and the vice principal of curriculum affairs.
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Adjusting content to individual student needs: Further evidence from an in-service teacher training program
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of an intensive in-service teacher training program on reading skills offered to kindergarten teachers in France by modifying the lesson content and encouraging teachers to adapt instruction to student needs by dividing the class according to initial achievement.
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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,John F. Kain,Steven G. Rivkin,Steven G. Rivkin +5 more
TL;DR: The authors disentangles the separate factors influencing achievement with special attention given to the role of teacher differences and other aspects of schools, and estimates educational production functions based on models of achievement growth with individual fixed effects.
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The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors point out that public and professional interest in education is likely to be short-lived, doomed to dissipate as frustration over the inability of policy to improve school practice sets in.
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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors disentangle the impact of schools and teachers in influencing achievement with special attention given to the potential problems of omitted or mismeasured variables and of student and school selection.
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Effects of Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching on Student Achievement:
TL;DR: It is found that teachers’ mathematical knowledge was significantly related to student achievement gains in both first and third grades after controlling for key student- and teacher-level covariates.
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Robust Inference with Multi-way Clustering
TL;DR: The authors proposed a variance estimator for the OLS estimator as well as for nonlinear estimators such as logit, probit, and GMM that enables cluster-robust inference when there is two-way or multiway clustering that is nonnested.