Using Student and Teacher Assessments to Design More Pertinent In-Service Teacher Training: The Case of Ecuador

Diego Angel-Urdinola and Sebastian Francisco Burgos Davila

No 8970, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The development of pertinent and effective in-service teacher training remains a policy challenge for many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ecuador stands out as a country in the region that has made significant investments in teacher training in the past decade. However, most in-service training provision has been designed without enough elements to properly address teachers'skills gaps. This paper proposes a roadmap for improving the design of in-service teacher training in Ecuador using available data from student and teacher assessments. Although countries in the region have made important efforts to carry out periodic evaluations of student and teacher performance, the data resulting from these evaluations are rarely used to guide teacher development programs. The analysis presented in this paper suggests that doing so has the potential to raise program pertinence while allowing the prioritization of investments in teachers and students with the greatest needs.

Keywords: Educational Sciences; Educational Institutions&Facilities; Effective Schools and Teachers; Skills Development and Labor Force Training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08-08
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