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Direct linkKonstantopoulos, Spyros – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background: In the last decade, the effects of teachers on student performance (typically manifested as state-wide standardized tests) have been re-examined using statistical models that are known as value-added models. These statistical models aim to compute the unique contribution of the teachers in promoting student achievement gains from grade…
Descriptors: Accountability, Models, Literature Reviews, Teacher Effectiveness
Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Traynor, Anne – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: The effects of class size on student achievement have gained considerable attention in education research and policy, especially over the last 30 years. Perhaps the best evidence about the effects of class size thus far has been produced from analyses of Project STAR data, a large-scale experiment where students and teachers…
Descriptors: Class Size, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Borman, Geoffrey – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: A main objective of the Equality of Educational Opportunity Survey (EEOS), conducted in 1965, was to document the lack of availability of equal educational opportunities for minority students in public schools. Another equally important objective was to reveal specific inequalities in facilities and resources available to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Equal Education, Educational Objectives, Family Characteristics
Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: One important question to educational research is whether teachers can influence student achievement over time. This question is related to the durability of teacher effects on student achievement in successive grades. The research evidence about teacher effects on student achievement has been somewhat mixed. Some education…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grades (Scholastic), Mathematics Achievement, Small Classes
Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background: In recent years, Asian Americans have been consistently described as a model minority. The high levels of educational achievement and educational attainment are the main determinants for identifying Asian Americans as a model minority. Nonetheless, only a few studies have examined empirically the accomplishments of Asian Americans, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Whites, Asian American Students, Minority Groups
Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Hedges, Larry V. – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Determining the effectiveness of reform strategies is a major part of the current and future educational research agenda. Effects of education reforms will be evaluated largely quantitatively, and an important aspect of this work will be judging how well reform strategies work. The rhetoric of contemporary school reform…
Descriptors: Research Design, Policy Formation, Intervention, Educational Research
Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Teachers College Record, 2006
The impact of schools on student achievement has been of great interest in school effects research the last four decades. This study examines trends of school effects on student achievement, employing three national probability samples of high school seniors: NLS:72, HSB:82, and NELS:92. Hierarchical linear models are used to investigate school…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, High School Seniors, Regression (Statistics)
