Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? [electronic resource] : Evidence from Matched Comparisons in Jerusalem Public Schools. NBER Working Paper Series / Joshua D. Angrist and Victor Lavy.

This paper estimates the effect of inservice teacher training on children's reading and mathematics achievement in Jerusalem elementary schools. The training was based on pedagogical methods developed in U.S. schools. The research used a matched-comparison design that exploited the fact that on...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Angrist, Joshua D.
Corporate Author:	National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors:	Lavy, Victor
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Educational Improvement. Elementary Education. Elementary School Teachers. Faculty Development. Foreign Countries. Inservice Teacher Education. Mathematics Achievement. Public Schools. Reading Achievement. Teacher Competencies. Teaching Skills.