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Evaluating the Effect of Teachers' Performance Incentives on Pupil Achievement

Lavy, Victor - 2002

Proposals to use teachers' performance incentives as the basis for school reforms have recently attracted considerable attention and support among researchers and policy makers. The main message is that the most likely way to improve students' achievements is to institute performance incentives,...

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Perceptions of Teachers' Expectations as Predictors of Pupils' Academic Self-Concept Among Non-Formal Primary School Pupils in Ruaraka, Division, Nairobi County, Kenya

Nyaga, Charity; Wang'eri, Tabitha - 2017

The purpose of this study was to explore if perceptions of teachers’ expectations predicted pupils’ academic self …-concept. There is evidence to suggest that primary school pupils’ performance in national public examinations in Kenya, especially … influences which may account for pupils’ academic achievement. Pupils’ behavior and academic performance is greatly influenced by …

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Evaluating the Effect of Teachers' Group Performance Incentives on Pupil Achievement

Lavy, Victor - 2003

Proposals to use teachers' performance incentives have recently attracted considerable attention. However, there is very little experience with applying incentives in schools. This paper provides evidence on the causal effects of two programs: the first provided the school and its teachers with...

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Educational production in preschools and schools - microeconometric evidence from Germany

Schlotter, Martin - 2012

This study was prepared by Martin Schlotter while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Econcomics at the University of Munich in November 2011. It addresses the effects of different early...

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The uphill battle: the amplifying effects of negative trends in test scores, COVID19 school closures and teacher shortages

Gambi, Letizia; De Witte, Kristof - 2023

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Parents can tell! : evidence on classroom quality differences in German primary schools

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Quis, Johanna Sophie - 2021

The value-added to student achievement model has become a key tool for estimating the effects of individual teachers and their classrooms on students' short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use primary school data from the German National Educational Panel...

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Role of continuing professional teacher development (CPTD) on teachers' and learners' achievement in South Africa : a literature review

Adu, Kemi Olajumoke; Duku, Ntombozuko; Adu, Emmanuel Olusola - 2023

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School closures and student achievement, evidence from a high stakes exam

Riudavets-Barcons, Marc; Uusitalo, Roope - In: Journal of the Finnish Economic Association : JFEA 5 (2024) 1, pp. 30-57

We study the effect of school closures and the transition from on-site to on-line teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Finnish upper secondary schools. To identify the effects we exploit variation in the length of school closure periods across schools between autumn 2020 and spring 2021....

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Did migrant children benefit from a delay in the dutch primary school exit test?

Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Magnée, Cécile; Wolf, Inge de - In: De economist : quarterly review of the Royal … 172 (2024) 3, pp. 141-166

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Does school management and leadership predict student achievement? : evidence from elementary schools in Brazil

Marioni, Larissa da Silva; Freguglia, Ricardo da Silva; … - 2024

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