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Kersting, Nicole B.; Chen, Mei-kuang; Stigler, James W. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
If teacher value-added estimates (VAEs) are to be used as indicators of individual teacher performance in teacher evaluation and accountability systems, it is important to understand how much VAEs are affected by the data and model specifications used to estimate them. In this study we explored the effects of three conditions on the stability of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, Accountability, Teacher Evaluation
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Minor, Elizabeth Covay; Desimone, Laura M.; Phillips, Kristie J. R.; Spencer, Kailey – American Journal of Education, 2015
In this study, we use the US nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort to examine inequalities in opportunities to learn mathematics. Specifically, we examine the characteristics of US students' elementary school math teachers and the instruction they provide. While our findings are consistent with previous…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Longitudinal Studies, Cohort Analysis, Mathematics Education