ERIC Number: EJ1219666
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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Long-Term Effects of First-Grade Teachers on Students' Achievement: A Replication Study
Vanwynsberghe, Griet; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Van Damme, Jan; De Fraine, Bieke
School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v30 n2 p177-193 2019
The purpose of this study was to conduct a direct replication of the study of Bressoux and Bianco of 2004 regarding long-term effects of teachers in primary education on language and mathematics achievement of students. They found a short-term effect of the teacher in the same grade, but they did not find a long-term effect of the teacher of the previous grade. Our study replicates this study a decade later, in another country, and with a larger data set. We are specifically interested in the long-term effect of the first-grade teacher. Using a large-scale data set -- in which more than 6,000 students were followed -- and cross-classified models, we also found a short-term effect of the current teacher, but we did not find any long-term effects of the first-grade teacher 1 year later. Hence, the findings of Bressoux and Bianco were confirmed in this replication study.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Influence, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Language Usage, Indo European Languages, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Language Skills, Prior Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Primary Education; Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 1
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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