Measuring teacher quality and student achievement

Title: Measuring teacher quality and student achievement
Creator: Ladwig, James; Gore, Jenny
Relation: Professional Educator Vol. 4, no. 2, p. 26-29
Publisher: Australian College of Educators
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2005
Description: The quality of teachers and teaching are fundamental to schools and students' learning, state the authors. While that is generally accepted, new research is investigating the links between teacher professional development, pedagogy and student achievement. This article reports on research undertaken by researchers from the University of Newcastle and the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. The study is a four year longitudinal study.
Subject: Academic achievement; Government schools; Professional development; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher improvement; Teaching effectiveness
Identifier: uon:386
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/25409
Identifier: ISSN:1447-3607
Language: eng
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