In Search of Good Teachers: Patterns of Teacher Quality in Two Mexican States

Autor/in	Luschei, Thomas F.
Titel	In Search of Good Teachers: Patterns of Teacher Quality in Two Mexican States
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 56 (2012) 1, S.69-97 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/661508
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Mexicans; Teacher Qualifications; Longitudinal Studies; Teacher Distribution; Rural Urban Differences; Educational Opportunities; Teacher Characteristics; Incentives; Trend Analysis; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schulleistung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Mexikaner; Lehrqualifikation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Anreiz; Trendanalyse; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Mexiko
Abstract	This study uses longitudinal data from Mexico's Carrera Magisterial teacher incentive program to identify teacher attributes that are positively associated with student test scores and to describe how teachers with these attributes are distributed across schools in two diverse Mexican states, Aguascalientes and Sonora. I find that teachers' scores on tests or training evaluations are significantly and positively related to student achievement in both states, while education levels and experience are not. In both states, teachers with higher scores on tests and training evaluations are more concentrated in urban schools and lower-poverty municipalities. These results have important implications for education systems attempting to professionalize their teacher workforces, as well as those seeking to ameliorate urban/rural disparities in educational quality. (Contains 1 figure, 6 tables, and 8 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10