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A Technical Comment on Li and Koedel (2017): Author Response
No full text In this short note we respond to Judson Laughter’s technical comment on our 2017 published article in Educational Researcher. </jats:p
Reforming Educator Pension Plans
No full textThis project will involve a number of projects aimed at understanding educator pension
2011), “Grading Standards in Education Departments at Universities,” Education Policy Analysis Archives
Full text linkAbstract: Students who take classes in education departments at universities receive significantly higher grades than students who take classes in other academic departments. The higher grades awarded by education departments cannot be explained by differences in student quality or by structural differences across departments (i.e., differences in class sizes). The remaining explanation is that the higher grades are the result of lower grading standards. This paper formally documents the grading-standards problem in education departments using administrative grade data from the 2007-2008 academic year. Because a large fraction of the teachers in K-12 schools receive training in education departments, I briefly discuss several possible consequences of the low grading standards for teacher quality in K-12 schools. Keywords: grade inflation; teacher training; teacher university training; education department grades; education school grades. Estándares de Evaluación en los Departamentos de Educación en las Universidades Resumen: Los estudiantes que estudian en los departamentos de la educación en las universidades reciben valoraciones muy superiores a los estudiantes que estudian en otros departamentos. Las calificaciones más altas dadas por departamentos de educación no se pueden explicar por las diferencias de calidad de los estudiantes o de las diferencias estructurales entre los departamentos (diferencias en el tamaño de clases, por ejemplo). En este artículo se investiga formalmente el problema de los estándares de evaluación en departamentos de la educación mediante el uso de los datos de evaluación académica en el período [2007][2008] básica (K-12) son formados en departamentos de formación docente, también se discuten las consecuencias de el bajo nivel de evaluación sobre la calidad de los maestros en educación básica (K-12) Palabras clave: inflación evaluación; la formación profesor; la universidad de formación del profesorado; evaluaciones del departamento de educación; puntuaciones educación universitaria. Padrões de Avaliação nos Departamentos de Educação nas Universidades Resumo: Os alunos que estudam nos departamentos de educação nas universidades recebem avaliações muito mais altas do que os alunos que estudam em outros departamentos. As avaliações maiores dadas pelos departamentos de educação não podem ser explicadas pelas diferenças de qualidade do aluno ou pelas diferenças estruturais entre departamentos (diferenças de tamanho das classes, por exemplo). Este artigo investiga formalmente o problema de padrões de avaliação nos departamentos de educação usando dados de avaliação administrativa no período acadêmico [2007][2008]. Como grande parte dos professores nas escolas K-12 recebem treinamento nos departamentos de educação, discuto também várias consequências possíveis dos baixos padrões de avaliação para a qualidade do professor nas escolas K-12. Palavras-chave: inflação de avaliação; treinamento de professor; treinamento de professor universitário; avaliações do departamento de educação; avaliações do colégio de educação
Teacher Quality and Dropout Outcomes in a Large, Urban School District
Full text linkRecent research shows that variation in teacher quality has large effects on student performance. However, this research is based entirely on student test scores. This paper evaluates teacher quality in terms of another educational outcome of great interest graduation. Using a unique instrumental variables approach to identify teacher effects, I find that differences in teacher quality have large effects on graduation outcomes. Because teacher effects on graduation outcomes will be more pronounced for students who are on the graduation margin, the results imply an avenue through which high-quality teachers are more productive with disadvantaged students.Teacher Quality, Teacher Evaluation, Dropouts, Graduation Outcomes, Multiple Endogenous Treatments
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