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The Impact of Teachers Qualification on Students' Achievement: Evidence from Portuguese Schools

In: Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 13

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  • Inês Pedroso

    (Nova School of Business and Economics)

  • Luis Catela-Nunes

    (Nova SBE, Universidade Nova de LIsboa)

  • Ana Balc?o Reis

    (NOVA SBE)

  • Maria do Carmo Seabra

    (Nova SBE)

Abstract

An administrative dataset from Portugal was used in order to study the relationship between teacher characteristics and student achievement in Mathematics. In the first step, we use student achievement measured by scores in the 6th grade national exams to estimate teacher value-added, the measure of teacher quality. After having an estimate of the teacher quality, it was important to understand what type of characteristics can explain differences in teacher efficiency, in particular, if teachers differ in terms of quality by having an undergraduate degree obtained in a university versus a polytechnic school. It was found that teachers differ in terms of quality and that it matters for student achievement. However, these differences in quality are mostly explained by unmeasured characteristics. Taken together the observable credentials such as teacher’s experience, GPA and female gender all have positive effects on teacher quality. When considering the type of degree-granting institution the effects on teacher effectiveness are different depending on the field of study.

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  • Inês Pedroso & Luis Catela-Nunes & Ana Balc?o Reis & Maria do Carmo Seabra, 2018. "The Impact of Teachers Qualification on Students' Achievement: Evidence from Portuguese Schools," Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación volume 13, in: Josep-Oriol Escardíbul & Álvaro Choi (ed.), Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 13, edition 1, volume 13, chapter 9, pages 179-198, Asociación de Economía de la Educación.
    • Handle: RePEc:aec:ieed13:13-09
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    Keywords

    teacher quality; teacher credentials; economics of education; degree-granting institution;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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