ERIC Number: EJ1213939
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Publication Date: 2019-May
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Teacher Quality Gaps in U.S. Public Schools: Trends, Sources, and Implications
Goldhaber, Dan; Quince, Vanessa; Theobald, Roddy
Phi Delta Kappan, v100 n8 p14-19 May 2019
Empirical evidence shows that disadvantaged students tend to have less-qualified and less-effective teachers than their more-advantaged peers. These teacher quality gaps (TQGs), which have existed for decades and across many measures of student disadvantage and teacher quality, are an important factor explaining student achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Research by Dan Goldhaber, Vanessa Quince, and Roddy Theobald -- focusing on the sources of TQGs across different states and measures of teacher quality -- suggests that policy makers should consider both the setting and the type of gap they wish to prioritize when designing policies to address TQGs.
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Public Schools, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Advantaged, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Certification, Value Added Models, Intervention, Teacher Selection
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