ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: THE INFLUENCES OF CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS AND TEACHER - STUDENT RELATIONS ON STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (semanticscholar.org)
D.C.'s model doesn't account for classroom characteristics, but Florida's model accounts for the percentage of students scoring at similar levels in a class, a variable that may partly address the issue. (hechingerreport.org)
For our primary analysis, we controlled for the average annual gain made by all students in the relevant school during the period of analysis; for such classroom characteristics as the share of white students, the share eligible for free lunches, and the students» average math score in 3rd grade; and for the teacher's years of experience, education level, and the selectivity of his or her undergraduate institution. (educationnext.org)