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Does Class Size Matter? How, and at What Cost?
Kedagni, Desire - 2019
Using high quality administrative data on Greece we show that class size has a hump shaped effect on achievement. We do so both nonparametrically and parametrically, while controlling for potential endogeneity and allowing for quantile effects. We then embed our estimates for this relationship...
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Dynamic Effects of Teacher Turnover on the Quality of Instruction
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
It is widely believed that teacher turnover adversely affects the quality of instruction in urban schools serving predominantly disadvantaged children, and a growing body of research investigates various components of turnover effects. The evidence at first seems contradictory, as the quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985940
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The Value of Smarter Teachers : International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2014
women's access to high-skill occupations outside teaching and to salary premiums for teachers …
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Names, Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Figlio, David N. - 2021
This paper investigates the question of whether teachers treat children differentially on the basis of factors other than observed ability, and whether this differential treatment in turn translates into differences in student outcomes. I suggest that teachers may use a child's name as a signal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217229
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Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants and the Academic Performance of Undergraduates
Borjas, George J. - 2021
complain that the lack of English language proficiency among many foreign-born Teaching Assistants affects adversely their … understanding of the material. This paper addresses the question that is at the heart of these complaints: Do foreign-born teaching … university. The data suggest that foreign-born Teaching Assistants have an adverse impact on the class performance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228231
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Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?
Figlio, David N. - 2013
This study makes use of detailed student-level data from eight cohorts of first-year students at Northwestern University to investigate the relative effects of tenure track/tenured versus non-tenure line faculty on student learning. We focus on classes taken during a student's first term at...
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Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? Evidence from Matched Comparisons in Jerusalem Public Schools
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2021
The relationship between teachers' characteristics and their pupils' achievement has been the subject of many studies. Most of this research focuses on the impact of teacher salaries, experience, and measures of teachers' pre-service training such as educational background. The effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219693
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Do Differences in Schools’ Instruction Time Explain International Achievement Gaps? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
Lavy, Victor - 2010
The time that children spend in school varies across countries. Do these differences explain international gaps in pupils' academic achievements? In this paper, I estimate the effects of instructional time on students' achievement using PISA 2006 data, which includes data samples from over 50...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139755
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Instruction Time, Classroom Quality, and Academic Achievement
Rivkin, Steven G. - 2013
Many countries, American jurisdictions and charter schools have recently embraced longer school days or more time devoted to core academic classes. Recent research generally supports the notion that additional time raises achievement, though difficulties isolating an exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075429
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Long-Run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support : Evidence from Pathways to Education
Lavecchia, Adam - 2019
We estimate long-run impacts to the Pathways to Education program, a comprehensive set of coaching, tutoring, group activities and financial incentives offered to disadvantaged students beginning in Grade 9. High school administrative records are matched to income tax records to follow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890864