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The Effect of Teacher Certification on Middle Grades Achievement in an Urban District.
- Source :
- Educational Policy; Sep2009, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p732-760, 29p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Fewer than 20 states require middle grades certification; in most states, credentials overlap so that both elementary and secondary certified teachers may teach in the middle grades. Moreover, in many urban districts, getting teachers for the middle grades is a challenge. Despite this crazy-quilt of certifications and a growing body of work on teacher qualifications, there have been few studies that examine the teachers' impact on learning in the middle grades. This paper uses a data set from an urban district to estimate the impact of different certifications (and lack of certification) on middle-grades students' learning gains in mathematics and science. In mathematics, we find that students with elementary- and secondary-certified teachers outscore those with uncertified teachers and those who are certified in special education. Especially strong effects are seen in science, where students with secondary science-certified teachers substantially outscore those with any other kind of teacher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08959048
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Educational Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 43928732
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904808320675