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Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Rockoff, Jonah; Wyckoff, James – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2007
Studies have found substantial sorting of teachers across schools, with the schools with the highest proportions of poor, non-white, and low-scoring students having the least qualified teachers as measured by certification, exam performance, and inexperience (Lankford, Loeb and Wyckoff, 2002). Yet, there have been substantial changes in the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Middle Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Poverty
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Boyd, Donald; Goldhaber, Daniel; Lankford, Hamilton; Wyckoff, James – Future of Children, 2007
To improve the quality of the teacher workforce, some states have tightened teacher preparation and certification requirements while others have eased requirements and introduced "alternative" ways of being certified to attract more people to teaching. Donald Boyd, Daniel Goldhaber, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff evaluate these…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Certification, Teacher Education