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050 00 $aHD5701
100 1 $aAngrist, Joshua David
245 10 $aDoes teacher testing raise teacher quality? evidence from state certification requirements$h[electronic resource] /$cby Joshua Angrist, Jonathan Guryan.
260 $aBonn, Germany :$bIZA,$c[2005]
490 1 $aDiscussion paper ;$vno. 1500
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 4/26/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"The education reform movement includes efforts to raise teacher quality through stricter certification and licensing provisions. Most US states now require public school teachers to pass a standardized test such as the Praxis. Although any barrier to entry is likely to raise wages in the affected occupation, the theoretical effects of such requirements on teacher quality are ambiguous. Teacher testing places a floor on whatever skills are measured by the required test, but testing is also costly for applicants. These costs shift teacher supply to the left and may be especially likely to deter high-quality applicants from teaching in public schools. Moreover, test requirements may disqualify some applicants that schools would otherwise want to hire. We use the Schools and Staffing Survey to estimate the effect of state teacher testing requirements on teacher wages and teacher quality as measured by educational background. The results suggest that state-mandated teacher testing increases teacher wages with no corresponding increase in quality"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
650 0 $aTeacher effectiveness$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aPublic schools$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aTeaching$xStandards$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aTeachers$xSalaries, etc.$zUnited States$xStates.
650 0 $aTeachers$xCertification$zUnited States$xStates.
700 1 $aGuryan, Jonathan
830 0 $aDiscussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;$vno. 1500
856 40 $uhttp://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=1500