Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
教师考试标准与新手教师培养渠道
Teacher Testing Standards and the New Teacher Pipeline
摘要
We examine the impact of changes in testing standards on the new teacher pipeline by exploiting a quasi-experimental change in the minimum passing score required for admission into teacher training programs. Using institution-level data, we find that higher testing standards sharply reduce teacher preparation program enrollments and graduations. Increases in testing standards are also associated with declines in the number of new teacher licenses awarded. According to our estimates, the average increase in standards led to a nine percent decrease in graduations from teacher training programs, accounting for more than one-third of the overall decline in teacher training graduates.
中文摘要
我们通过利用教师培训项目入学最低通过分数的一项准实验性变化，考察了考试标准变动对新教师输送渠道的影响。基于机构层面的数据，我们发现，提高考试标准显著减少了教师培训项目的注册人数和毕业人数。考试标准的提升还与新教师执照颁发数量的下降相关联。根据我们的估算，标准平均提高导致教师培训项目毕业人数减少9%，这占教师培训毕业生总体下降数量的三分之一以上。