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Teacher quality and incentives theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher quality

Juerges, Hendrik; Richter, Wolfram F.; Schneider, Kerstin - 2004

Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if teachers? pay (defined in monetary terms) is not performance...

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Teacher Quality and Incentives: Theoretical and Empirical Effects of Standards on Teacher Quality

Jürges, Hendrik; Richter, Wolfram F.; Schneider, Kerstin - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 61 (2005) 3, pp. 298-298

Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking, because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if teachers´pay (defined in monetary terms) is not...

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The effect of central exit examinations on student achievement : quasi-experimental evidence from TIMSS Germany

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - 2003

This paper makes use of the regional variation in schooling legislation within the German secondary education system to …

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Teacher quality and incentives theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher quality : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, May 2004

Jürges, Hendrik; Richter, Wolfram F.; Schneider, Kerstin - 2004

Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if teachers' pay (defined in monetary terms) is not performance...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451358

Education data : closing data gaps through a longitudinal education register

Hertweck, Friederike; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 11, pp. 733-736

Evidence-based education policy needs comprehensive data. Education economists of the Verein für Socialpolitik call for … the implementation of a longitudinal education register in Germany to understand the complex interrelationships of … education systems. The education register should cover all levels of formal education and include data on student performance in …

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Segregation in primary schools - Do school districts really matter? Evidence from policy reforms

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2011

This paper analyzes the effect of the abolition of school districts in North-Rhine Westphalia on ethnic segregation in primary schools, using data from the school statistics from 2006/07 to 2008/09. The effect of the new policy is not easily identified, because several additional changes to the...

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Much Ado about Nothing? The Role of Primary School Catchment Areas for Ethnic School Segregation. Evidence from a Policy Reform

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - CESifo - 2013

By the 2008/09 school year the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) abolished binding school catchment areas (SCAs) in all municipalities. The reform has been controversial and it was feared that school choice would increase ethnic segregation. Using data on all primary schools, we...

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»Akademisierungswahn«: Studieren zu viele?

Wanka, Johanna; Klös, Hans-Peter; Plünnecke, Axel; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 23, pp. 03-24

Wird in Deutschland zu viel studiert, oder ist die Diskussion über eine Überakademisierung der Gesellschaft verfehlt? Johanna Wanka, Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung, unterstreicht, dass berufliche Bildung und Studium gleichermaßen wichtige Bestandteile des deutschen...

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Assessment drives learning: The effect of central exit exams on curricular knowledge and mathematical literacy

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Senkbeil, Martin; … - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 56-65

In this paper, we use data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance and student attitudes. Unlike earlier studies we use (i) a value-added measure to pin down the effect of central exit exams on learning in the last year before the...

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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness: Evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

The paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting …

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