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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality
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Hanushek, Eric A. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Most analyses of teacher quality end without any assessment of the economic value of altered teacher quality. This paper combines information about teacher effectiveness with the economic impact of higher achievement. It begins with an overview of what is known about the relationship between teacher quality and student achievement. This provides…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Academic Achievement, Income
The Effects of Education Quality on Income Growth and Mortality Decline
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Jamison, Eliot A.; Jamison, Dean T.; Hanushek, Eric A. – Economics of Education Review, 2007
Previous work shows that higher levels of education quality (as measured by international student achievement tests) increase growth rates of national income. This paper begins by confirming those findings in an analysis involving more countries over more time with additional controls. We then use the panel structure of our data to assess whether…
Descriptors: Productivity, Foreign Students, Achievement Tests, Income
Alternative School Policies and the Benefits of General Cognitive Skills
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Hanushek, Eric A. – Economics of Education Review, 2006
School policy debates vacillate between policies emphasizing improvement in general skills and those aimed at strengthening the linkages between schools and the workplace. While these policies do not necessarily conflict, each is frequently motivated by shortcomings in the other. This paper presents basic evidence about the very substantial…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Income
Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World.
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Luque, Javier A. – Economics of Education Review, 2003
Uses data from Third International Mathematics and Science Study to compare performance in different schooling systems. Finds general problems with the efficiency of resource usage similar to those found previously in the United States. Effects do not appear to be determined, for example, by school policies that involve compensatory application of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Education Policy Research--An Industry Perspective.
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Hanushek, Eric A. – Economics of Education Review, 1981
To improve educational research, this article suggests using an industrial model to analyze the educational system. Questions arising from such a model--involving inputs, outputs, prices, technology, consumer characteristics, and intra-industry structure--are related to existing educational research and to needed future research. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Industrial Structure
Who Chooses to Teach (and Why)?
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Pace, Richard R. – Economics of Education Review, 1995
Analyzes the choice of preparing for a teaching career in college. Traces the path of a sample of high school seniors in 1980 through college and teaching preparation. Only a small proportion aspiring to teach ever complete a bachelor's degree with a specialty in teaching and education. Teacher training completion is significantly lowered by state…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns