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Fuller, Sarah C.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2012
We use North Carolina data to explore the extent to which teachers in the lower grades (K-2) of elementary school are lower quality than in the upper grades (3-5) and to examine the hypothesis that accountability contributes to a shortfall in teacher quality in the lower grades. Our concern with early elementary grades arises from recent studies…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
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Ladd, Helen F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2011
This quantitative study examines the relationship between teachers' perceptions of their working conditions and their intended and actual departures from schools. Based on rich administrative data for North Carolina combined with a 2006 statewide survey administered to all teachers in the state, the study documents that working conditions are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Instructional Leadership, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers