Mehtabul Azam|Geeta Kingdon
Assessing teacher quality in India
Oklahoma State University|University College London
using administrative data linked private schools one indian district matches 8319 pupils subject specific teachers senior secondary level estimate importance individual teachers student outcomes highstake senior secondary exam end twelfthgrade controlling prior achievement secondary level end tenthgrade addition controlling prior achievement exploit fact students took exams multiple subjects senior secondary exam control pupil fixed effects find considerable variability teacher effectiveness two year coursea one standard deviation improvement teacher quality adds 0366 standard deviation points students score furthermore consistent studies us find although teacher quality matters observed characteristics explain little variability teacher quality