TY - JOUR
T1 - Teacher quality and educational equality
T2 - Do teachers with higher standards-based evaluation ratings close student achievement gaps?
AU - Borman, Geoffrey D.
AU - Kimball, Steven M.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - Using standards-based evaluation ratings for nearly 400 teachers, and achievement results for over 7,000 students from grades 4-6, this study investigated the distribution and achievement effects of teacher quality in Washoe County, a mid-sized school district serving Reno and Sparks, Nevada. Classrooms with higher concentrations of minority, poor, and low-achieving students were more likely to be taught by teachers with lower evaluation scores. Two-level multilevel models, nesting students within classrooms, tended to show higher mean achievement in classrooms taught by teachers of higher than lower quality, with differences of approximately one-tenth of 1 standard deviation. Findings relating teacher quality to closing withinclassroom achievement gaps, though, were mixed. Implications are discussed related to teacher evaluation, teacher quality, and educational inequality.
AB - Using standards-based evaluation ratings for nearly 400 teachers, and achievement results for over 7,000 students from grades 4-6, this study investigated the distribution and achievement effects of teacher quality in Washoe County, a mid-sized school district serving Reno and Sparks, Nevada. Classrooms with higher concentrations of minority, poor, and low-achieving students were more likely to be taught by teachers with lower evaluation scores. Two-level multilevel models, nesting students within classrooms, tended to show higher mean achievement in classrooms taught by teachers of higher than lower quality, with differences of approximately one-tenth of 1 standard deviation. Findings relating teacher quality to closing withinclassroom achievement gaps, though, were mixed. Implications are discussed related to teacher evaluation, teacher quality, and educational inequality.
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U2 - 10.1086/496904
DO - 10.1086/496904
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27644435914
SN - 0013-5984
VL - 106
SP - 3
EP - 20
JO - Elementary School Journal
JF - Elementary School Journal
IS - 1 SPEC. ISS.
ER -