D Kalogrides, S Loeb, T Béteille - Sociology of Education, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Although prior research has documented differences in the distribution of teacher characteristics across schools serving different student populations, few studies have …
Ninth grade, observes Ruth Curran Neild, marks a critical juncture in American schooling. Students who manage the academic demands of the transition to high school have a high …
A Canales, L Maldonado - International journal of educational development, 2018 - Elsevier
While there is wide consensus regarding the importance of quality of teachers in student achievement; yet, accounting for teacher effects remain a puzzling task. In Chile, research …
RH Heck - Journal of educational Administration, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to show how increasing teacher effectiveness is central to school efforts to improve student outcomes. This study aims to examine successive …
Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an incontrovertible racialized reality in US K-12 public education---the relentless achievement …
JA Grissom, D Kalogrides… - American Educational …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
School performance pressures apply disproportionately to tested grades and subjects. Using longitudinal administrative data—including achievement data from untested grades …
A Ashadi, S Rice - Journal of Education Policy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
High-stakes testing regimes, in which schools are judged on their capacity to attain high student results in national tests, are becoming common in both developed and developing …
A Mayer, K LeChasseur… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
Tracking remains a pervasive sorting mechanism in US high schools. Anthony Giddens's theory of structuration provides a useful framework for understanding how tracking is …
JG Hill, B Dalton - Educational Researcher, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the distribution of math teachers with a major or certification in math using data from the National Center for Education Statistics' High School Longitudinal Study …