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We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of grade 12 test scores in public schools in Delhi. There is substantial variation in teacher and student quality within schools. Over the period spanning grades 11 and 12, being taught by a standard deviation better than average...
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We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of test scores at the higher secondary level (grade 12) in public schools in Delhi, India. Using the value added approach, we find substantial variation in teacher and student quality within schools: over the period spanning grades 11...
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This paper investigates the impacts of teacher characteristics on student performance using a nationally representative and randomly assigned teacher-student sample in China. We find that having a more experienced or female homeroom teacher (HRT) with additional classroom management duties...
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School safety and classroom disciplinary climate have a direct impact on teachers' ability to teach and students …' ability to learn. School safety and classroom disciplinary climates have been declining in the Middle East and North Africa … disrupted learning environments, at the school and classroom levels, in the Middle East and North Africa region and to uncover …
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more than one school. Yet, little is known about the impact of multiple school jobs on teachers' productivity. This paper … one school. We use longitudinal data of students and teachers from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over a … period of 7 years and exploit within teacher-school-grade variation in the number of school jobs over time. We found …
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all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
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all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
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