(HRT) with additional classroom management duties significantly improves students' test scores and cognitive and … noncognitive abilities. In contrast, these effects are not observed for subject teachers who are responsible only for teaching …. More experienced or female HRTs are also associated with a better classroom environment, more self-motivated students, more …

to three times larger among fourth and fifth graders in North Carolina than among kindergarten and first-grade students … both low-income students and English language learners, particularly for reading achievement. Also, in North Carolina …

Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this … all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the …

Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this … all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the …

are significantly larger for students with better qualified teachers, resulting in an increase in test scores of 0.04 to 0 … focus on the interaction between the quantity and the quality of instruction. Using international TIMSS data, I exploit … of 0.03 standard deviations in students' test scores across all countries. Importantly, these effects of instruction time …

scores. Chapter 2 investigates the impact of four teacher characteristics - whether teachers hold a Master's degree, a …

school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students' and teachers' financial knowledge by … sizable positive impacts on self-control and consumption habits among students are identified. Teachers in the treatment group …

school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students’ and teachers’ financial knowledge by … sizable positive impacts on self-control and consumption habits among students are identified. Teachers in the treatment group …

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 …

they also reflect teachers' ratings of pupils. Grades therefore contain valuable information about pupils' own - usually … effort that pupils invest in education. Getting discounted grades in year 6 for a given level of math performance assessed …