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Backes, Ben; Cowan, James; Goldhaber, Dan; Theobald, Roddy – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
We examine how different measures of teacher quality are related to students' long-run trajectories. Comparing teachers' "test-based" value-added to "nontest" value-added -- based on contributions to student absences and grades -- we find that test and nontest value-added have similar effects on the average quality of colleges…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques, Outcomes of Education, Attendance Patterns
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Muthiah, Rajendran – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The Post Graduate Teachers who teach English as a second language to Higher Secondary Classes that is 11th and 12th grades need to cultivate a good sense of appreciation for poetry. They must have an inherent thirst for reading poetry aloud and competence to elucidate the essential characteristics of poetry. A study was launched to understand the…
Descriptors: Poetry, English Curriculum, English Instruction, English Literature
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Glassford, Larry A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2005
At a time when most American states have embedded an initial certification test into their teacher preparation programs, Canadian educational authorities are faced with a choice: to test or not. One province, Ontario, has experimented with a standardized entry-to-the-profession testing instrument. For three years, 2002-04, teacher candidates were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Teacher Competency Testing