Add to ORKGWhen considering schools, one must pay attention to teachers.After all, teachers are the largest single budget item of schools, and many believe that they are the most important determinant of school quality. Yet research does not find a systematic link between teacher characteristics and student outcomes, leading to doubts about many current policy thrusts that are keyed to measurable attributes of teachers and their background. The relevant research follows four distinct lines that relate in varying ways to teacher quality. At the most aggregate level and possibly the most influential, a variety of studies have traced changes over time in the salaries of teachers relative to those in other occupations. Going beyond that, a sec-ond level o...
Research on teacher quality is derived from a Western model of education that is ...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...
The extensive investigation of the contribution of teachers to student achievement produces two gene...
Do higher salaries raise the quality of teaching? Many influential reports and proposals advocate su...
For decades, accountability for student results has been at the forefront of school reform. While ma...
This paper uses data from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to examine two main facets of teach...
One of the most important roles principals play in determining the quality of their schools is the s...
Teacher quality is widely believed to be important for education, despite little ev-idence that teac...
Various research studies reveal that factors, such as teachers’ cognitive ability, subject matter kn...
A growing body of research confirms the long-held belief of parents, school administrators, and poli...
This paper disentangles the impact of schools and teachers in influencing achievement with special a...
Currently under peer review. We study the effects of various types of education and training on the ...
A growing body of research confirms the long-held belief of parents, school administrators, and poli...
Seven schools in which pupil achievement was high were matched with seven schools in which pupil ach...
Research on teacher quality is derived from a Western model of education that is ...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...
The extensive investigation of the contribution of teachers to student achievement produces two gene...
Do higher salaries raise the quality of teaching? Many influential reports and proposals advocate su...
For decades, accountability for student results has been at the forefront of school reform. While ma...
This paper uses data from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to examine two main facets of teach...
One of the most important roles principals play in determining the quality of their schools is the s...
Teacher quality is widely believed to be important for education, despite little ev-idence that teac...
Various research studies reveal that factors, such as teachers’ cognitive ability, subject matter kn...
A growing body of research confirms the long-held belief of parents, school administrators, and poli...
This paper disentangles the impact of schools and teachers in influencing achievement with special a...
Currently under peer review. We study the effects of various types of education and training on the ...
A growing body of research confirms the long-held belief of parents, school administrators, and poli...
Seven schools in which pupil achievement was high were matched with seven schools in which pupil ach...
Research on teacher quality is derived from a Western model of education that is ...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...
It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning. Hundreds...