Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers?

Steven Glazerman and Jeffrey Max

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Abstract: Most research on equal educational opportunity has focused on inputs like teacher experience and degrees. This brief estimated teachers’ value added (contribution to student achievement growth) and measured access to highest-performing teachers in high- and low-poverty schools.

Keywords: Teacher Performance; Low-Income Students; Teacher Quality; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
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