Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58952 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6402
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom pairs for each teacher enabling random effects and fixed-effects estimation. Students' own and peer GPAs and their attitudes towards economics have the largest effects on value-added scores. We also find a substantial impact of specialized teacher experience and college-level coursework in economics, although the effects of the latter are positive for the multiple choice test and negative for the essay test.
Subjects: 
high school economics
teacher training
JEL: 
A21
I21
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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