Lost in translation? Teacher training and outcomes in high school economics classes

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Using data from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of 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. The results show a substantial impact of specialized teacher experience and college-level coursework in economics. However, the latter is associated with higher scores on the multiple-choice test and lower scores on the essay test, suggesting that a portion of teachers' content knowledge may be "lost in translation" when conveyed to their students.

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Valletta, R. G., Hoff, K. J., & Lopus, J. S. (2014). Lost in translation? Teacher training and outcomes in high school economics classes. Contemporary Economic Policy, 32(4), 695–709. https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12038

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