What's in a Teacher Test? Assessing the Relationship between Teacher Licensure Test Scores and Student STEM Achievement and Course-Taking

Autor/inn/en	Goldhaber, Dan; Gratz, Trevor; Theobald, Roddy
Titel	What's in a Teacher Test? Assessing the Relationship between Teacher Licensure Test Scores and Student STEM Achievement and Course-Taking
Quelle	61 (2017), S.112-129 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Goldhaber, Dan) ORCID (Theobald, Roddy) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
Schlagwörter	Licensing Examinations (Professions); Teacher Certification; Academic Achievement; STEM Education; Course Selection (Students); High School Students; Middle School Students; Mathematics Achievement; Science Achievement; Predictor Variables; High School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; STEM; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Prädiktor; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	We investigate the relationship between teacher licensure test scores and student test achievement and high school course-taking. We focus on three subject/grade combinations--middle school math, ninth-grade algebra and geometry, and ninth-grade biology--and find evidence that a teacher's basic skills test scores are modestly predictive of student achievement in middle school math and highly predictive of student achievement in high school biology. A teacher's subject-specific licensure test scores are a consistent and statistically significant predictor of student achievement only in high school biology. Finally, we find little evidence that students assigned to middle school teachers with higher basic-skills test scores are more likely to take advanced math and science courses in high school. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01