Research on Teaching

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Ballou, D. & Podgursky, M. (2000). Reforming teacher licensing and preparation: What is the evidence? Teachers College Record, 102(1), 5-27.

Barth, P. (1998). Thinking K-16., 3(2) [Electronic version]. Washington, D.C.: The Education Trust. Retrieved April 2007 from http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/0279CB4F-B729-4260-
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Borman, G.D., & Kimball, S.M. (2005, September). Teacher quality and educational equality: Do teachers with higher standards-based evaluation ratings close student achievement gaps? The Elementary School Journal, 106(1), 3-20.

Bransford, J. D. & Brown, A. L. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. (2007). Teaching Quality in California (Draft). Santa Cruz: CA.

Center for Public Education. (2005). Teacher quality and student achievement research review. Retrieved April 2007 from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/site/c.kjJXJ5MPIwE/b.1510983/k.2A6A/
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Clotfelter, C.T. & Ladd, H.F. (2007). How and why do teacher credentials matter for student achievement? NBER Working Papers 12828. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Retrieved April 2007 from http://www.caldercenter.org/PDF/1001058_Teacher_Credentials.pdf

Darling-Hammond, L. (2000, January 1). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1). Retrieved April 2007, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n1/

Education Trust, Inc., The. (1998, Summer). Good teaching matters ...a lot. Thinking K-16 3(2). Washington D.C.: K. Haycock.

Education Trust, Inc., The. (2004, Winter). The real value of teachers: Using new information about teacher effectiveness to close the achievement gap. Retrieved July 31, 2007, from http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/5704CBA6-CE12-46D0-A852-D2E2B4638885/0/Spring04.pdf

Fenstermacher, G. D. & Soltis, J. F. (1998). Approaches to teaching. New York: Teachers College Press.

Fenstermacher, G.D., & Richardson, V. (2005). On making determinations of quality in teaching. Teachers College Record, 107(1). Retrieved February 9, 2007, from http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11694

Goddard, Y.L., Goddard, R.D., & Tschannen-Moran, M. (2007). A theoretical and empirical investigation of teacher collaboration for school improvement and student achievement in public elementary schools. Teachers College Record, 109(4). Retrieved April 9, 2007, from http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12871

Goldhaber, D. (2002). The mystery of good teaching [Electronic version]. Education Next, Spring. Retrieved April 2007, from http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3368021.html

Hanushek, E.A. (1992). The trade-off between child quantity and quality. The Journal of Political Economy, 100(1), 84-117.

King, J. R. (2003). Teacher quality: Understanding the effectiveness of teacher attributes. Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute.

McLaughlin, M. W. (1992). What matters most in teachers’ workplace context? Stanford, California: Stanford University.

National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. (2006). Curriculum focal points for prekindergarten through grade 8 mathematics: A quest for coherence. Reston, VA: National Council for Teachers of Mathematics.

National Council on Teacher Quality. (n.d.). Increasing the odds: How good policies can yield better teachers. Washington, D.C.: K. Walsh, & C.O. Tracy.

Peske, H. G. & Haycock, K. (2006, June 8). Teaching inequality: How poor and minority students are shortchanged on teacher quality: A report and recommendations by The Education Trust. The Education Trust. Retrieved April 2007, from http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/Press+Room/teacherquality2006.htm

Pianta, R.C., Belsky, J., Houts, R., & Morrison, F. (2007). Opportunities to learn in America’s elementary classrooms. Science, 315, 1795-1796.

Resnick, L.B. (Ed.). (2005). Teaching teachers: Professional development to improve student achievement [Electronic Version]. Research Points: Essential Information for Education Policy, 3(1).

Rice, Jennifer K. (2003). Teacher quality: Understanding the effectiveness of teacher attributes. Economic Policy Institute.

Sanders, W.L., & Rivers, J.C. (1996). Cumulative and residual effects of teachers on future student academic achievement. Knoxville: University of Tennessee, Value-Added Research and Assessment Center.

Schacter, J., & Thum, Y.M. (2004). Paying for high- and low-quality teaching. Economics of Education Review, 23, 411-430.

Stigler, J. W., & Hiebert, J. (1999). The teaching gap: Best ideas from the world’s teachers for improving education in the classroom. New York: Free Press.

Urban Institute. (2004, April 27). Can teacher quality be effectively assessed? Retreived July 31, 2007 from http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=410958

Vandevoort, L.G., Amrein-Beardsley, A., & Berliner, D.C. (2004, September 8). National Board Certified teachers and their students’ achievement. Education Policy Archives, 12(46). Retrieved July 31, 2007, from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n46/

Wayne, A.M., & Youngs, P. (2003). Teacher characteristics and student achievement gains: A review. Review of Educational Research, 73(1), 89-122.