“The impact of teachers qualification on students’ achievement: Evidence from Portuguese schools”
Pedroso, I., Nunes, L. C., Reis, A. B., Seabra, C. 2018. “The impact of teachers qualification on students’ achievement: Evidence from Portuguese schools”
Summary: An administrative dataset from Portugal was used in order to study the relationship between teacher characteristics and student achievement in Mathematics. In the first step, student achievement measured by scores in the 6th-grade national exams is used to estimate teacher value-added, the measure of teacher quality. After having an estimate of the teacher quality, it was important to understand what type of characteristics can explain differences in teacher efficiency, in particular, if teachers differ in terms of quality by having an undergraduate degree obtained in a university versus a polytechnic school. It was found that teachers differ in terms of quality and that it matters for student achievement. However, these differences in quality are mostly explained by unmeasured characteristics. Taken together, the observable credentials such as teacher’s experience, GPA, and female gender all have positive effects on teacher quality. When considering the type of degree-granting institution, the effects on teacher effectiveness are different depending on the field of study.
Authors: Inês Pedroso, Luís Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis, Carmo Seabra
Final Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info: http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Teacher quality, alternative hiring policy and student outcomes: Evidence from India”
Authors: Ana Balcão Reis, Madhuri Agarwal
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
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“Does the age of entry in primary school affect student’s achievement?”
Authors: Miguel Madeira, Luís Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis, Carmo Seabra
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info: http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Effectiveness of private schools versus public schools: A comparative analysis in Portugal”
Authors: João Brás de Oliveira, Luís Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis, Carmo Seabra
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info: http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Good students or unexpectedly good students? The impact of teacher expectations on internal score”
Authors: Pedro Freitas, Rodrigo Ferreira
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info: http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Class composition effects. Evidence from Portugal using panel data”
Author: João Firmino
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info :http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Vocational education: Course taking choice and impact on dropout and college enrollment rates”
Authors: Rafaela Henriques, Luís Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis, Carmo Seabra
Latest Version presented at the XXVII Meeting of the Economics of Education Association
More info: http://2018.economicsofeducation.com/2018/06/26/final-program-available/
“Class Composition and student achievement in Portugal”
Authors: João Firmino, Luís Catela Nunes, Ana Balcão Reis, Carmo Seabra
Latest Version presented at Fórum Estatístico of Direção-Geral de Estatística da Educação e Ciência
http://www.dgeec.mec.pt/np4/292/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=516&fileName=abstract.pdf (PDF available)
“Value-Added Measurements under High-Teacher Turnover”
Authors: Pedro Freitas, Rodrigo Ferreira
Latest Version presented at the International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education