Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180665 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 231
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
Abstract: 
We examine the role of teachers and students in the formation of grade 12 test scores in public schools in Delhi. There is substantial variation in teacher and student quality within schools. Over the period spanning grades 11 and 12, being taught by a standard deviation better than average teacher raises test scores by 0.373 standard deviation; being a standard deviation better than average student raises it by 0.799 standard deviation. Being tenured positively predicts teacher effectiveness, while educational qualifications, training, experience and personality traits have no predictive power. Relative to families where only fathers earn, those where both parents earn negatively predict student effectiveness, while religion, caste and parents’ education have no predictive power. There is some evidence that principals’ rating of teachers and value added measures of teacher quality are positively correlated. We recommend teacher compensation be based in-part on ex-post evaluation of value-added measures and principal ratings.
Subjects: 
Value added
Test scores
Teacher quality
Student quality
India
JEL: 
I20
I23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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