Which New Yorkers vote with their wallets? The impact of teacher quality data on household sorting, and residential and school demographics
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.12.001
Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between the February 2012 New York City teacher quality data release, the racial and ethnic composition of elementary and middle public schools and their neighborhoods, and housing prices. A unique… read more here.
Keywords: quality; school; teacher quality; housing prices ... See more keywords
On the matter of teacher quality: lessons from Singapore
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DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2020.1808903
Abstract: ABSTRACT Singapore is known as a high-performing country with high-quality teachers and is considered a model system for educational benchmarking. Still, many accolades for the system address teachers’ productivity in raising student achievement, which could… read more here.
Keywords: quality; matter teacher; quality lessons; teacher quality ... See more keywords
Teacher quality and student skill acquisition. An analysis based on PIRLS-2011 outcomes
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DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2019.1628710
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the question of teacher quality and its effects on the skills acquisition of primary school students in Spain. We use an education production function in which we incorporate teachers’ fixed effects,… read more here.
Keywords: pirls 2011; quality; student skill; teacher quality ... See more keywords
Contextualizing Educational Disparities and the Evaluation of Teacher Quality
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DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spaa044
Abstract: Value added scores, statistical estimates of teacher quality, are exemplar of neoliberal logic. The higher average scores of teachers of socially advantaged students raise concerns that scores are inaccurate and unfair, and propagate decontextualized neoliberal… read more here.
Keywords: quality; teacher quality; contextualizing educational; disparities evaluation ... See more keywords
Teacher quality gaps in U.S. public schools: Trends, sources, and implications
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DOI: 10.1177/0031721719846883
Abstract: Empirical evidence shows that disadvantaged students tend to have less-qualified and less-effective teachers than their more-advantaged peers. These teacher quality gaps (TQGs), which have existed for decades and across many measures of student disadvantage and… read more here.
Keywords: quality; public schools; schools trends; gaps public ... See more keywords
How teacher rotation in Japanese high schools affects the clustering of teacher quality: Comparing the distribution of teachers across public and private education sectors
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DOI: 10.14507/epaa.29.5362
Abstract: I examine a unique facet of Japan’s public education system: jinji idou, a mandatory teacher rotation system governed by the prefectural board of education where teachers are systematically transferred to other schools throughout their careers… read more here.
Keywords: teacher rotation; quality; teacher quality; education ... See more keywords