EDUC 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Statistical Noise
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John smith: oldest, 15 years of experience, but not very good at teaching. Miguel aguilar: 5 years of experience, most effective teacher: would be fired. Karen caruso: 25 years of experience, loved by parents and students: would be paid the most. How to measure teacher quality: use student test scores. Statistical approach to identifying the impact of a teacher on student learning: accounts for school and classroom characteristics, accounts for student characteristics. What they knew before they started with their current teacher. Used in the us as part of the system for teacher evaluation. Student progress on standardized tests year after year: the difference between a student"s expected growth and actual performance is the value a teacher adds or subtracts during the year. Accurate measurements that capture teacher impact on student achievement: better teachers, better outcomes. How to measure teacher quality: observe teachers.
