This chapter reviews and synthesizes the research literature on teacher value added. In the
context of models that estimate teacher value added to student achievement in US …

Research has focused predominantly on how teachers affect students' achievement on
standardized tests despite evidence that a broad range of attitudes and behaviors are …

This paper examines how different aspects of teacher quality affect students' long-run
educational trajectories. We estimate teachers' test-based and nontest value-added (the …

Student attendance is increasingly recognized as an important measure of educational
success, which has spurred a body of research examining the extent to which schools can …

We investigate the predictive validity of teacher licensure tests using data from the
Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL). MTEL scores predict teachers' in …

Teaching effectiveness is a core issue in educational research; however, there is little
consensus about the most important results of classroom teaching from an international …

On average, secondary school students in the United States are absent from school three
weeks per year. For this study, we are able to link middle and high school teachers to the …

Research confirms that teachers have substantial impacts on their students' academic and
life-long success. However, little is known about specific dimensions of teaching practice …

Abstract This paper situates Teach For America (TFA) within the larger landscape of teacher
education research. After discussing the widely publicized research on TFA and outlining …

The story of Teach For All begins with the story of Teach For America. In 1989, recent
Princeton graduate Wendy Kopp issued a call to high-achieving graduating seniors across …