How effective are Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools?

Richard Buddin

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This study uses value-added methods to examine the effectiveness of Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies substantially across the school district. Most of the variance in teacher effectiveness is within schools and not across schools. Traditional measures of teacher quality like experience and advanced degrees are weakly related to teacher effectiveness. Teacher effectiveness is more variable in mathematics than in language arts.

Keywords: teacher quality; teacher effectiveness; student achievement; value-added analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I21 J44 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08-31
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