Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement

Facundo Albornoz, David Contreras Gomez and Richard Upward

Economics of Education Review, 2023, vol. 94, issue C

Abstract: We explore the effectiveness of repeating the student-teacher match on test scores, for the universe of 8th graders in Chile using information on all student-teacher matches across multiple subjects and years, and a national, anonymous measure of test scores. Using a fixed effect and a regression discontinuity approach, we find that repeating matches has a robust positive effect on test scores. We show that this positive effect aggregates up to the student, class, and school-level, and also has longer-term effects on university admission exams. As channels, we find a significant positive effect on attendance, progression, student behaviour and teacher expectations. Reallocating teachers to classes with which they are familiar appears to offer a feasible strategy to improve student performance at low cost.

Keywords: Student-teacher matches; Student achievement; Looping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102375

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