Andrew Leigh
Estimating teacher effectiveness from two-year changes in students’ test scores
Australian National University
using dataset covering 10000 australian school teachers 90000 pupils estimate effective teachers raising students test scores since exams biennial necessary take account teachers work intervening year even adjusting measurement error teacher fixed effects widely dispersed strong positive correlation teachers gains literacy numeracy teacher fixed effects show significant association though observable teacher characteristics experience strongest impact particularly early years teachers career female teachers better teaching literacy teachers masters degree form qualification appear achieve significantly larger test score gains overall teacher characteristics found departmental payroll database explain small fraction variance teacher performance