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Do Teach For America Corps Members Still Improve Student Achievement? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Teach For America's Scale-Up Effort 为美国支教团成员仍能提高学生成绩吗?“为美国教育”扩大努力的随机对照试验证据
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00311
M. Clark, Eric Isenberg
In 2010, Teach For America (TFA) launched a major expansion effort, funded in part by a five-year Investing in Innovation scale-up grant from the U.S. Department of Education. To examine the effectiveness of TFA elementary school teachers in the second year of the scale-up, we recruited thirty-six schools from ten states and randomly assigned students in participating schools to a class taught by a TFA teacher or a class taught by a comparison teacher. We then gathered data on student achievement and surveyed teachers on their educational background, preparation for teaching, and teaching experience. The TFA teachers in the study schools had substantially less teaching experience than comparison teachers but were more likely to have graduated from a selective college. Overall, TFA and comparison teachers in the study were similarly effective in teaching both reading and math. TFA teachers in early elementary classrooms (grades 2 and below), however, were more effective than comparison teachers: TFA teachers in prekindergarten through grade 2 had a positive, statistically significant effect of 0.12 standard deviations on students’ reading achievement, and TFA teachers in grades 1 and 2 had a positive, marginally significant effect of 0.16 standard deviations on student math achievement.
2010年,“为美国而教”(Teach For America, TFA)启动了一项重大扩张计划,部分资金来自美国教育部为期五年的“创新投资扩大拨款”。为了检验TFA小学教师在扩大规模的第二年的有效性,我们从10个州招募了36所学校,并将参与学校的学生随机分配到由TFA教师授课的班级或由比较教师授课的班级。然后,我们收集了学生成绩的数据,并调查了教师的教育背景、教学准备和教学经验。研究学校的TFA教师的教学经验比对照教师少得多,但更有可能毕业于名牌大学。总的来说,在这项研究中,TFA教师和比较教师在教授阅读和数学方面同样有效。然而,小学早期课堂(二年级及以下)的TFA教师比对照教师更有效:学前班至二年级的TFA教师对学生的阅读成绩有0.12个标准差的正的、统计学显著的影响,一年级和二年级的TFA教师对学生的数学成绩有0.16个标准差的正的、边际显著的影响。
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引用次数: 3
More Than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching 缺一不可:替代教学的不均衡分布
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-09-25 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00329
Jing Liu, S. Loeb, Ying Shi
Abstract Classroom teachers in the United States are absent on average approximately 6 percent of a school year. Despite the prevalence of teacher absences, surprisingly little research has assessed the key source of replacement instruction: substitute teachers. Using detailed administrative and survey data from a large urban school district, we document the prevalence, predictors, and distribution of substitute coverage across schools. Less advantaged schools systematically exhibit lower rates of substitute coverage compared with peer institutions. Observed school, teacher, and absence characteristics account for only part of this school variation. In contrast, substitute teachers’ preferences for specific schools, mainly driven by student behavior and support from teachers and school administrators, explain a sizable share of the unequal distribution of coverage rates above and beyond standard measures in administrative data.
摘要美国的课堂教师平均每学年缺席约6%。尽管教师缺勤率很高,但令人惊讶的是,很少有研究评估替代教学的关键来源:替代教师。使用来自一个大型城市学区的详细行政和调查数据,我们记录了学校替代覆盖率的流行率、预测因素和分布。与同类机构相比,劣势学校的替代覆盖率较低。观察到的学校、教师和缺勤特征只是学校差异的一部分。相比之下,代课教师对特定学校的偏好,主要是由学生行为以及教师和学校管理人员的支持驱动的,解释了行政数据中覆盖率分布不均的很大一部分原因,覆盖率高于或超过了标准衡量标准。
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引用次数: 3
The Impact of No-Loan Program Participation on the Likelihood of Graduate School Enrollment Among Low-Income, First-Generation Students 无贷款计划参与对低收入第一代学生研究生入学可能性的影响
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-09-18 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00328
Justin C. Ortagus, D. Kramer
Abstract Previous research shows that low-income and first-generation college students are less likely to obtain the benefits associated with attending graduate school. No-loan programs, which typically administer financial aid through institutional grants, are designed to improve access and success among students from low-income backgrounds, but we know very little about the influence of no-loan programs after students enroll and eventually graduate from college. This study examines the impact of no-loan program participation on graduate school enrollment by leveraging a novel institutional dataset and applying regression discontinuity, difference-in-differences, and propensity score weighting approaches. Results indicate that no-loan program participation has a positive and relatively consistent impact on graduate school enrollment among low-income and first-generation students.
先前的研究表明,低收入和第一代大学生不太可能获得与读研相关的好处。无贷款项目通常通过机构拨款管理经济援助,旨在改善低收入背景学生的入学机会和成功机会,但我们对学生入学和最终从大学毕业后的无贷款项目的影响知之甚少。本研究通过利用一个新的机构数据集,并应用回归不连续、差异中的差异和倾向得分加权方法,考察了无贷款计划参与对研究生院入学率的影响。结果表明,无贷款计划的参与对低收入和第一代学生的研究生入学有积极且相对一致的影响。
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引用次数: 2
Cap and Gap: The Fiscal Effects of Property Tax Levy Limits in New York 上限与差距:纽约房产税征收限额的财政效应
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-09-09 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00327
Phuong Nguyen‐Hoang, Pengju Zhang
Abstract This is the first study to examine the fiscal effects of the New York property tax levy limit, using variation from the degree of fiscal stringency across school districts and over time in its first five years of implementation. Based on a difference-in-differences estimator, coupled with an event study specification, we find that the tax limit has imposed a real cap on many school districts; that is, at-limit districts’ total current expenditures per pupil are significantly lower than what they would have spent absent the limit. For those affected school districts, this expenditure gap does not come from spending on teacher salaries or fringe benefits but rather from other instructional salaries/expenses, central administration, transportation, interfund transfers, and undistributed spending. We also find heterogeneity in the constraining effects of the tax limit across different need-based groups of school districts.
摘要这是第一项研究纽约房产税征收限额的财政影响,使用了不同学区的财政紧缩程度以及实施前五年的时间变化。基于差异中的差异估计量,再加上事件研究规范,我们发现税收限制对许多学区施加了真正的上限;也就是说,在限制条件下,学区每个学生目前的总支出明显低于没有限制条件下的总支出。对于那些受影响的学区来说,这一支出缺口不是来自教师工资或附加福利支出,而是来自其他教学工资/支出、中央行政、交通、基金间转移和未分配支出。我们还发现,在不同的基于需求的学区群体中,税收限制的约束作用存在异质性。
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引用次数: 2
Teachers’ Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Response to COVID-19 教师工会、集体谈判与应对新冠肺炎
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-08-21 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00326
A. Hemphill, Bradley D. Marianno
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, school districts worked quickly to roll out distance learning plans in the spring. Sometimes these plans impinged upon or were directly in conflict with provisions found in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated between teachers' unions and district administration. In this brief, we unpack how urban school systems changed CBAs to make way for learning under COVID-19 conditions. We review COVID-19–related contract changes in 101 urban school districts around the country. We find that twenty-five urban school districts returned to the bargaining table with teachers’ unions to negotiate short-term fixes to CBAs that allowed for more flexibility to implement distance learning. These contract changes focused on several areas of the CBA, including compensation, workload, non-teaching duties, evaluation, leave, and technology. We argue that the lessons learned in spring contract negotiations have implications for the design and implementation of fall schooling plans, and that how fall schooling plays out will shape teacher morale and labor relations beyond the 2020–21 school year.
为应对COVID-19危机,各学区在春季迅速推出了远程学习计划。有时,这些计划与教师工会和地区行政当局谈判达成的集体谈判协议(cba)中的规定相抵触或直接相冲突。在本文中,我们将揭示城市学校系统如何改变cba,为COVID-19条件下的学习让路。我们回顾了全国101个城市学区与covid -19相关的合同变化。我们发现,25个城市学区与教师工会回到谈判桌上,就cba的短期修复进行谈判,以便更灵活地实施远程学习。这些合同变化集中在CBA的几个方面,包括薪酬、工作量、非教学职责、评估、休假和技术。我们认为,在春季合同谈判中吸取的教训对秋季学校计划的设计和实施有影响,秋季学校的表现将影响2020-21学年之后的教师士气和劳资关系。
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引用次数: 13
Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: How Returns to Certificates and Associate's Degrees Evolve Over Time 社区大学毕业生的劳动力市场轨迹:证书和副学士学位的回报率如何随时间演变
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-08-12 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00325
V. Minaya, Judith E. Scott-Clayton
Abstract We estimate labor market returns to terminal associate's degrees and certificates, with a particular focus on how returns for different credential types evolve over a longer period of time (eleven years post entry) than most of the prior literature. We also explore how returns vary depending on labor market conditions and on which labor market outcome metric is used. Using administrative data from Ohio and an individual fixed-effects approach, we find that the value of an associate's degree grows substantially after graduation, and this finding is robust to choice of specification and outcome. The returns to a long-term certificate are flat over time in our main specification, but more sensitive to assumptions about individual-specific earnings trends. Returns to associate's degrees are notably higher in recession years versus prerecession years. Finally, we find that associate's degrees lead to improved outcomes relative to non-completion across a range of metrics, including higher paying jobs, more stability in employment over time, and a greater likelihood of earning a living wage, whereas certificates generally pay off via the employment margin and a reduced likelihood of claiming unemployment insurance.
摘要我们估计了劳动力市场对最终副学士学位和证书的回报,特别关注不同证书类型的回报如何在比大多数先前文献更长的时间内(入学后11年)演变。我们还探讨了回报率如何根据劳动力市场条件以及劳动力市场结果指标的使用而变化。使用俄亥俄州的行政数据和个人固定效应方法,我们发现副学士学位的价值在毕业后大幅增长,这一发现对规格和结果的选择是稳健的。在我们的主要规范中,长期证书的回报率随着时间的推移是持平的,但对个人特定收益趋势的假设更敏感。与经济衰退前相比,经济衰退时期的副学士学位回报率明显更高。最后,我们发现,在一系列指标上,相对于未完成学业,副学士学位会带来更好的结果,包括更高的薪酬工作、随着时间的推移就业更稳定、赚取生活工资的可能性更大,而证书通常通过就业率和申请失业保险的可能性降低来获得回报。
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引用次数: 9
The Effect of Home Country Natural Disasters on the Academic Outcomes of Immigrant Students in New York City 母国自然灾害对纽约移民学生学业成绩的影响
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-07-29 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00324
A. Laurito
Abstract This paper estimates the impact of home country natural disasters on the academic performance of immigrant students in New York City public schools. It provides credible evidence of these effects by exploiting the exogenous timing of natural disasters relative to testing dates in models with student fixed effects. Natural disasters in the home country lower immigrant students’ test scores in reading by 0.051 standard deviation, and by 0.028 standard deviation in mathematics. This paper provides strong evidence that the home country is an important out-of-school factor shaping immigrant students’ academic success and shows that children are affected by distal contexts in which they do not directly participate.
摘要本文估计了母国自然灾害对纽约市公立学校移民学生学习成绩的影响。它通过利用自然灾害相对于学生固定影响模型中测试日期的外生时间,为这些影响提供了可信的证据。母国的自然灾害使移民学生的阅读考试成绩下降了0.051个标准差,数学考试成绩下降0.028个标准差。本文有力地证明了母国是影响移民学生学业成功的重要校外因素,并表明儿童受到他们不直接参与的远端环境的影响。
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引用次数: 1
Can Camp Get You Into a Better Secondary School? A Field Experiment of Targeted Instruction in Kenya 夏令营能让你进入一所更好的中学吗?肯尼亚定向教学的实地实验
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-07-07 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00322
Beth E. Schueler, Daniel Rodriguez-Segura
Abstract Access to quality secondary schooling can be life changing for students in developing contexts. In Kenya, entrance to such schools was historically determined by performance on a high-stakes exam. Understandably then, preparation for this exam is a priority for families and educators. To increase the share of students entering these schools, some educational providers offer targeted instruction for students they believe have a chance of securing a spot. We use a randomized control trial to evaluate the impact of these “symposia” programs—week-long, sleep-away camps where eighth-grade students receive a burst of academic instruction from teachers who are selected based on merit. While similar models have been tested in the United States, less is known about this type of intervention in developing settings. We find these programs were not particularly effective for the average nominated student relative to a typical week of school. However, we find large, positive effects among students attending schools from which few students are nominated for symposia. We provide suggestive evidence that this was because students from low-representation schools had fewer pre-camp practice test resources outside of school. The results have implications for program design and the growing literature on the effectiveness of appropriately targeted individualized instruction.
摘要在不断发展的背景下,获得优质中学教育可能会改变学生的生活。在肯尼亚,从历史上看,这类学校的入学率是由高风险考试的成绩决定的。可以理解的是,为这次考试做准备是家庭和教育工作者的首要任务。为了增加进入这些学校的学生比例,一些教育提供者为他们认为有机会获得一席之地的学生提供有针对性的指导。我们使用一项随机对照试验来评估这些“专题讨论会”项目的影响——为期一周的露宿营地,八年级的学生从根据成绩选择的老师那里接受一连串的学术指导。虽然类似的模型已经在美国进行了测试,但对开发环境中的这种干预方式知之甚少。我们发现,相对于典型的一周学习,这些项目对普通提名学生来说并不是特别有效。然而,我们在那些很少有学生被提名参加研讨会的学校的学生中发现了巨大的积极影响。我们提供了提示性证据,表明这是因为来自低代表性学校的学生在校外的营前实践测试资源较少。研究结果对课程设计和越来越多的关于适当针对性个性化教学有效性的文献具有启示意义。
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Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects on Maternal Labor Supply 全日制幼儿园对孕产妇劳动力供给的影响
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-07-07 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00321
Elizabeth Dhuey, J. Lamontagne, Tingting Zhang
Abstract We examine the effects of offering full-day kindergarten as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers’ labor supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no effect on the extensive margin but found an effect on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to full-day kindergarten increases weekly hours worked and decreases absenteeism among mothers with kindergarten-aged children. This effect is driven by specific subgroups, namely, nonimmigrant mothers with low education levels who live in urban areas and have only one child.
摘要我们利用加拿大安大略省全日制幼儿园的推出,研究了以全日制幼儿园取代半日制幼儿园对母亲劳动力供应的影响。我们没有发现对广泛边际的影响,但发现对密集边际的影响。特别是,我们发现,在有幼儿园年龄孩子的母亲中,上全日制幼儿园增加了每周工作时间,减少了缺勤率。这种影响是由特定的亚群体驱动的,即生活在城市地区且只有一个孩子的低教育水平的非移民母亲。
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Making the Most of Student Teaching: The Importance of Mentors and Scope for Change 充分利用学生教学:导师的重要性和变革的空间
IF 2.1 3区 教育学 Q2 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00305
Dan Goldhaber, J. Krieg, Natsumi Naito, Roddy Theobald
A growing literature documents the importance of student teaching placements for teacher development. Emerging evidence from this literature highlights the importance of the mentor teacher who supervises this placement, as teachers tend to be more effective when they student teach with a mentor who is a more effective teacher. But the efficacy of policies that aim to have effective teachers serve as mentors depends a great deal on the availability of effective teachers to serve in this role. We therefore use data from Washington State to illustrate that there is ample scope for change in student teacher placements; in other words, there are far more effective teachers within fifty miles of a teacher education program (TEP) who could host a student teacher in each year than the number of teachers who serve in this role. We also discuss the considerable challenges to improvement efforts related to the need for better coordination between TEPs, K–12 school systems, and states. Finally, we argue that, if policy makers value teacher candidate development equivalently to teacher in-service development, they should be willing to pay substantially more than the current average compensation for mentor teachers to recruit effective teachers to serve in this role.
越来越多的文献证明了学生教学实习对教师发展的重要性。从这一文献中出现的证据强调了指导这种安置的导师老师的重要性,因为当他们的学生与一个更有效的老师的导师一起教学时,老师往往更有效。但是,旨在让有效的教师充当导师的政策的有效性在很大程度上取决于是否有有效的教师担任这一角色。因此,我们使用华盛顿州的数据来说明,学生教师安置有足够的变化空间;换句话说,在教师教育计划(TEP)的50英里范围内,每年可以接待一名学生教师的有效教师数量远远超过担任这一角色的教师数量。我们还讨论了改善工作所面临的巨大挑战,这些挑战与TEPs、K-12学校系统和各州之间需要更好的协调有关。最后,我们认为,如果政策制定者将教师候选人发展与在职教师发展同等重视,他们应该愿意为导师教师支付远高于目前平均薪酬的薪酬,以招募有效的教师来担任这一角色。
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