Teacher characteristics and student achievement: Evidence from teacher surveys

Article Abstract:

Teacher survey data is utilized to investigate teacher characteristics that are not usually available in administrative data, and more readily available attributes such as experience and education. Classroom fixed effects explain a large portion of within-student variation in test score growth, suggesting a potentially important role for teachers and peers.

Reports, Teacher-student relationships, Teacher-student relations, Teachers, Rating of, Classroom management, Classroom techniques, Teacher evaluation

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Valuing English primary schools

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Parents have been clamouring severe inequalities in the measured performance of English primary schools to get their children into best schools. The first empirical evidence for the UK on the effect of primary school performance on property prices is provided.

United Kingdom, Elementary and secondary schools, Elementary Schools, Curricula

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Charter school performance in two large urban districts

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The impact of charter schools on general student achievement and their effectiveness in promoting improved learning for disadvantaged students in two Californian urban districts, is analyzed.

California, Education, Minority students, Charter schools, Educational aspects

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