[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Teacher preference study

[Lesley Farmer]

Parents consider more than test scores when requesting teachersParents
are more concerned about teachers' abilities to meet students needs
than to raise test scores, according to a new study. The study examined
a U.S. school district where parents are allowed to request certain
teachers. In more the half those requests, parents asked for teachers
with high "satisfaction" ratings rather than teachers with high
achievement ratings. "What parents want schools to produce is much
broader than test score gains." Jacob, B., & Lefgren, L. (2007). What
Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents'
Revealed Preferences for Teachers. Quarterly Journal of Economics,
122(4), 1603-1637.

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 11/28/2007 03:26:00
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