Teacher Quality and Dropout Outcomes in a Large, Urban School District

Cory Koedel

No 713, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Missouri

Abstract: Recent research shows that variation in teacher quality has large effects on student performance. However, this research is based entirely on student test scores. This paper evaluates teacher quality in terms of another educational outcome of great interest graduation. Using a unique instrumental variables approach to identify teacher effects, I find that differences in teacher quality have large effects on graduation outcomes. Because teacher effects on graduation outcomes will be more pronounced for students who are on the graduation margin, the results imply an avenue through which high-quality teachers are more productive with disadvantaged students.

Keywords: Teacher Quality; Teacher Evaluation; Dropouts; Graduation Outcomes; Multiple Endogenous Treatments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pgs.
Date: 2007-06-22
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Published in Journal of Urban Economics, 2008

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