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Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement : An Experimental Evaluation

Kane, Thomas J. - 2008

We used a random-assignment experiment in Los Angeles Unified School District to evaluate various non-experimental methods for estimating teacher effects on student test scores. Having estimated teacher effects during a pre-experimental period, we used these estimates to predict student...

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An Evaluation of Bias in Three Measures of Teacher Quality : Value-Added, Classroom Observations, and Student Surveys

Bacher-Hicks, Andrew - 2017

observations, and student surveys. Although all three types of measures could be biased by unmeasured traits of the students in … predicts performance following random assignment of that teacher to a class of students. Combining our results with those from …

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Validating Teacher Effect Estimates Using Changes in Teacher Assignments in Los Angeles

Bacher-Hicks, Andrew - 2014

In a widely cited study, Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff (2014a; hereafter CFR) evaluate the degree of bias in teacher value-added estimates using a novel "teacher switching" research design with data from New York City. They conclude that there is little to no bias in their estimates. Using the same...

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Knowledge, Tests, and Fadeout in Educational Interventions

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2012

the variance in knowledge does indeed rise as children progress through school, but not enough for test score …

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Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulation : a 20-year Followup to an Experimental Intervention in Jamaica

Gertler, Paul - 2013

their children in ways that would develop their children's cognitive and personality skills. We re-interviewed the study …

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School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment

Deming, David J. - 2011

We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers,...

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A New Cost-Benefit and Rate of Return Analysis for the Perry Preschool Program : A Summary

Heckman, James J. - 2010

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The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program

Heckman, James J. - 2009

This paper estimates the rate of return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program, an early intervention program targeted toward disadvantaged African-American youth. Estimates of the rate of return to the Perry program are widely cited to support the claim of substantial economic benefits from...

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National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness : Evidence from a Random Assignment Experiment

Cantrell, Steven - 2008

submitted by teachers. We compared the performance of classrooms of elementary students in Los Angeles randomly assigned to … teacher impacts on student achievement. We found that students randomly assigned to highly-rated applicants performed better … than students assigned to comparison teachers, while students assigned to poorly-rated applicants performed worse …

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What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City

Kane, Thomas J. - 2006

We use six years of data on student test performance to evaluate the effectiveness of certified, uncertified, and alternatively certified teachers in the New York City public schools. On average, the certification status of a teacher has at most small impacts on student test performance....

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