In the average study district, differences in teacher effectiveness between high- and low-income students' teachers are small¶
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Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2021: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i? In the average study district, there are small differences in the effectiveness of teachers of high- and low-income students. → Eric Isenberg 2016
q3 i? There are small differences in the effectiveness of teachers of high- and low-income students in the average study district. → Eric Isenberg 2016
Evidence¶
Eric Isenberg 2016¶
Eric Isenberg, Jeffrey Max, Philip Gleason, Matthew Johnson, Jonah Deutsch, Michael Hansen. (2016). Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to Effective Teachers? Evidence from 26 Districts (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
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District-level analysis across the 26 study districts found only "small differences in the effectiveness of teachers of high- and low-income students in the average study district"; no effect size is printed in the summary.
"There are small differences in the effectiveness of teachers of high- and low-income students in the average study district."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Teacher hiring and transfer patterns are consistent with small differences in teacher effectiveness by student income — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Teacher hiring and transfer patterns are consistent with small effectiveness differences, while attrition does not contribute to inequitable access — related
- A small subset of study districts shows meaningful inequity in low-income students' access to effective math teachers — related
- High- and low-income students have similar chances of being taught by the most effective and the least effective teachers — related
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In the average study district, differences in teacher effectiveness between high- and low-income students' teachers are small |
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In the average study district, differences in teacher effectiveness between high- and low-income students' teachers are small |
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moderate |
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2016 |
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2021 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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