Their peers» average test scores are about 0.15 standard deviations higher, and the new schools have higher - quality teachers, measured in terms of the fraction of teachers with less than three years» experience, the fraction that are new to the school that year, the percentage
of teachers with an advanced degree, and the share of teachers who attended a «highly competitive» college as defined by the Barron's rankings.
You can bet this trend identified by NAEP won't be publicized by many so - called education «reformers» who have targeted pay differentials for
teachers with advanced degrees as pretty much a waste of money.
There does appear to be one important caveat to these studies:
teachers with advanced degrees in a specific subject area (e.g. math or physics) show higher gains in student achievement when they teach classes in those specific subjects, according to this Education Next report:
Perhaps not surprisingly, they found that math and science teachers,
teachers with advanced degrees, and charter school teachers were all more likely to opt for the portable defined contribution plan.
Teachers with advanced degrees have students who score roughly 0.10 standard deviations higher.
In recent years, Republican lawmakers took away longevity bonuses paid to veteran teachers and stopped offering higher salaries to
teachers with advanced degrees.
It suggests that, contrary to most of the recent research, having
a teacher with an advanced degree is associated with higher student achievement.
Eliminate state salary schedules that establish higher minimum salaries or other requirements to pay more to
teachers with advanced degrees.
Teachers with advanced degrees can be promoted to school administration positions and can become mentors to other teachers based upon specific graduate training.
There is so much riding on these advanced degrees salary-wise, but are
teachers with advanced degrees any more effective than those without?