Race, Gender, and Teacher Testing: How Informative a Tool Is Teacher Licensure Testing?

被引:63
作者
Goldhaber, Dan [1 ]
Hansen, Michael [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Ctr Reinventing Publ Educ, Seattle, WA 98103 USA
关键词
licensure testing; teacher quality; student achievement; labor market discrimination; STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT; PUBLIC-EDUCATION; QUALITY; SCHOOLS; CERTIFICATION; ETHNICITY; MATTER;
D O I
10.3102/0002831209348970
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Virtually all states require teachers to undergo licensure testing before participation in the public school labor market. This article analyzes the information these tests provide about teacher effectiveness. The authors find that licensure tests have different predicative validity for student achievement by teacher race. They also find that student achievement is impacted by the race/ethnicity match between teachers and their students, with Black students significantly benefitting from being matched with a Black teacher. As a consequence of these matching effects, the uniform application of licensure standards is likely to have differential impacts on the achievement of White and minority students.
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页码:218 / 251
页数:34
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