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Measuring the effect of competitive teacher recruitment on student achievement : evidence from Ecuador

Araujo P., Maria Daniela - 2019

In the last decade, several Latin American governments have implemented new teacher recruitment policies based on …-based selection competitions for tenure at public schools. Has this new recruitment system served as an effective screening device … hierarchical linear regressions to evaluate the effect of Ecuador's new competitive recruitment policy. I then use propensity score …

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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2020

Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to pass national skill and content knowledge tests before they are allowed to participate in merit-based selection competitions for tenured positions at public schools in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the...

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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2020

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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2021

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The effect of pre-service cognitive and pedagogical teacher skills on student achievement gains : evidence from German entry screening exams

Enzi, Bernhard - 2017

Information about teachers' effectiveness at the hiring stage is particularly scarce despite its importance for personnel decisions. Using the German setting of teacher training, I investigate the relationship of teachers' pre-service cognitive and pedagogical skills as measured by two state...

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Unionization and productivity : evidence from charter schools

Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - 2014

This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in measuring the effects of unionization on educational production. However, the blossoming of the...

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Whether to hire local contract teachers? : trade-off between skills and preferences in India

Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - 2011

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Teacher allocation and school performance in Italy

Bryson, Alex; Corsini, Lorenzo; Martelli, Irene - 2020

Italy's secondary school system has faced funding constraints for many years which limits availability of new permanent job slots for teachers. When permanent posts do arise they are allocated mostly on seniority while merit only plays a small role. Thus, the age distribution of teachers in...

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Teacher Allocation and School Performance in Italy

Bryson, Alex - 2020

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Teacher Qualifications and Middle School Student Achievement

Buddin, Richard - 2015

This research examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher qualifications affect middle school student achievement. The results are based on longitudinal student-level data from Los Angeles. The achievement analysis uses a value-added approach that adjusts for both student...

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