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The Impact of Individual Teachers on Student Achievement: Evidence from Panel Data
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This paper found large and statistically significant differences among teachers: a one standard deviation increase in teacher quality raises reading and math test scores by approximately.20 and.24 standard deviations, respectively, on a nationally standardized scale.Abstract:
Teacher quality is widely believed to be important for education, despite little evidence that teachers' credentials matter for student achievement. To accurately measure variation in achievement due to teachers' characteristics-both observable and unobservable-it is essential to identify teacher fixed effects. Unlike previous studies, I use panel data to estimate teacher fixed effects while controlling for fixed student characteristics and classroom specific variables. I find large and statistically significant differences among teachers: a one standard deviation increase in teacher quality raises reading and math test scores by approximately .20 and .24 standard deviations, respectively, on a nationally standardized scale. In addition, teaching experience has statistically significant positive effects on reading test scores, controlling for fixed teacher quality.read more
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Classroom Peer Effects and Student Achievement
Mary A. Burke,Tim R. Sass +1 more
TL;DR: The authors analyzed the impact of classroom peers' ability (measured by their individual fixed effects) on student achievement for all Florida public school students in grades 3-10 over a 6-year period and found that classroom peers, as compared with the broader group of grade-level peers at the same school, exert a greater influence on individual achievement gains.
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The Market for Teacher Quality
Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,John F. Kain,Daniel M. O'Brien,Steven G. Rivkin,Steven G. Rivkin +6 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the distribution of teacher quality in a large urban district, the explanatory power of observable characteristics including experience, the importance of studentteacher matching by race, differences between teachers who choose to leave the district and those who remain, and the extent to which districts make use of higher salary or more desirable working conditions to attract more effective teachers.
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School Context and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
Joscha Legewie,Thomas A. DiPrete +1 more
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The Link between Teacher Quality and Student Outcomes: A Research Synthesis.
TL;DR: In this article, the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCTQ) was used to train a teacher quality assessment team with the U.S. Department of Education under cooperative agreement number S283B050051.
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How and Why Do Teacher Credentials Matter for Student Achievement
TL;DR: The authors explored the causal relationship between specific teacher credentials and student achievement and concluded that a teacher's experience, test scores and regular licensure all have positive effects on student achievement, with larger effects for math than for reading.
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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
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Managing with Style: The Effect of Managers on Firm Policies
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The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools.
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Experimental Estimates of Education Production Functions
TL;DR: This paper analyzed data on 11,600 students and their teachers who were randomly assigned to different size classes from kindergarten through third grade and found that performance on standardized tests increases by 4 percentile points the first year students attend small classes; the test score advantage of students in small classes expands by about one percentile point per year in subsequent years.