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Tiêu đề
Does teacher preparation matter? Evidence about teacher certification, teach for America, and teacher effectiveness
Tác giả
Darling-Hammond L.; Holtzman D.J.; Gatlin S.J.; Heilig J.V.
Năm xuất bản
2005
Source title
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Số trích dẫn
380
DOI
10.14507/epaa.v13n42.2005
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Recent debates about the utility of teacher education have raised questions about whether certified teachers are, in general, more effective than those who have not met the testing and training requirements for certification, and whether some candidates with strong liberal arts backgrounds might be at least as effective as teacher education graduates. This study examines these questions with a large student-level data set from Houston, Texas that links student characteristics and achievement with data about their teachers' certification status, experience, and degree levels from 1995-2002. The data set also allows an examination of whether Teach for America (TFA) candidates - recruits from selective universities who receive a few weeks of training before they begin teaching - are as effective as similarly experienced certified teachers. In a series of regression analyses looking at 4th and 5th grade student achievement gains on six different reading and mathematics tests over a six-year period, we find that certified teachers consistently produce stronger student achievement gains than do uncertified teachers. These findings hold for TFA recruits as well as others. Controlling for teacher experience, degrees, and student characteristics, uncertified TFA recruits are less effective than certified teachers, and perform about as well as other uncertified teachers. TFA recruits who become certified after 2 or 3 years do about as well as other certified teachers in supporting student achievement gains; however, nearly all of them leave within three years. Teachers' effectiveness appears strongly related to the preparation they have received for teaching.
Từ khóa
Teacher certification; Teacher education; Teacher effectiveness
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Arizona State University
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