The impact of teacher characteristics on student performance: An analysis using hierarchical linear modelling

Paula Armstrong ()
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Paula Armstrong: Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch

No 25/2014, Working Papers from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper makes use of hierarchical linear modelling to investigate which teacher characteristics impact significantly on student performance. Using data from the SACMEQIII study of 2007, an interesting and potentially important finding is that younger teachers are better able to improve the mean mathematics performance of their students. Furthermore, younger teachers themselves performance better on subject tests than do their older counterparts. Changes in teacher education in the late 1990s and early 2000s may explain the differences in the performance of younger teachers relative to their older counterparts. However, further investigation is required to fully understand these differences.

Keywords: Education; teachers; hierarchical linear modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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