TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Valletta, Robert G.
AU  - Hoff, K. Jody
AU  - Lopus, Jane S.
        TI  - Lost in Translation? Teacher Training and Outcomes in High School Economics Classes
        PY  - 2012/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6402
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6402
        AB  - Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom pairs for each teacher enabling random effects and fixed-effects estimation. Students' own and peer GPAs and their attitudes towards economics have the largest effects on value-added scores. We also find a substantial impact of specialized teacher experience and college-level coursework in economics, although the effects of the latter are positive for the multiple choice test and negative for the essay test.
        KW  - high school economics
KW  - teacher training
        ER  -