ERIC Number: EJ1110668
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Sep
Pages: 21
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Broken Gears: The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers' Academic Achievement
Balcázar, Carlos Felipe; Ñopo, Hugo
Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, v72 n3 p341-361 Sep 2016
Good teachers are essential for high-quality educational systems. However, little is known about teachers' skill formation during college. By combining two standardized tests for Colombian students, one taken at the end of senior year in high school and the other when students are near graduation from college, we test the extent to which students majoring in education relatively improve or deteriorate their skills in quantitative reasoning, native language and foreign language, in comparison with students in other programs. We find that teachers' skills vis-à-vis those in other majors deteriorate in quantitative reasoning and foreign language, although these skills deteriorate less for those in math-oriented and foreign language-oriented programs, respectively. For native language, we do not find evidence of robust differences in relative learning mobility.
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, High School Students, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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