Are the "Best" Teachers in the "Neediest" Schools? An Urban Intradistrict Equity Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	De Luca, Barbara M.; Takano, Kaori; Hinshaw, Steven A.; Raisch, C. Daniel
Titel	Are the "Best" Teachers in the "Neediest" Schools? An Urban Intradistrict Equity Inquiry
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 41 (2009) 6, S.653-671 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124509339265
Schlagwörter	Teacher Salaries; Urban Schools; Student Needs; Teacher Effectiveness; Elementary Schools; Disadvantaged Schools; Academic Achievement; Correlation; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Competencies; Disadvantaged Youth; Public Schools; At Risk Students; Teacher Placement; Equal Education; Resource Allocation; Poverty; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schulleistung; Korrelation; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrkunst; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ressourcenallokation; Armut
Abstract	The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between distribution of teacher resources and student need. The effort was to determine if the "best" teachers are teaching the "neediest" students in the elementary schools in the "Big 8" urban school districts in Ohio as equity principles would mandate. Using Pearson correlation analysis, we investigated the relationship between average teacher salary (used to measure teacher quality) and percent of disadvantaged students as well as level of student achievement (both measures of student need) for all public elementary schools in each of the eight districts. In general, the findings show that as the percent of disadvantaged students increased, average teacher salary decreased for the statistically significant relationships. Furthermore, as student achievement increased, average teacher salary increased. Both sets of findings suggest that the "best" teachers are not teaching the "neediest" students. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10