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| Title: | | Lost in translation? Teacher training and outcomes in high school economics classes  |
| Authors: | | Valletta, Rob Hoff, K. Jody Lopus, Jane S. |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6402 |
| Abstract: | | Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom pairs for each teacher enabling random effects and fixed-effects estimation. Students' own and peer GPAs and their attitudes towards economics have the largest effects on value-added scores. We also find a substantial impact of specialized teacher experience and college-level coursework in economics, although the effects of the latter are positive for the multiple choice test and negative for the essay test. |
| Subjects: | | high school economics teacher training |
| JEL: | | A21 I21 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201206146879 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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