Reviewing the evidence on how teacher professional development affects student achievement
Of the more than 1,300 studies identified as potentially addressing the effect of teacher professional development on student achievement in three key content areas, nine meet What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards, attesting to the paucity of rigorous studies that directly examine this link. This report finds that teachers who receive substantial professional development - an average of 49 hours in the nine studies - can boost their students' achievement by about 21 percentile points. Future studies of the effect of professional development on both teachers and students would be particul ... Show more
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Published: Washington, District of Columbia, Institute of Education Sciences, 2007
Resource type: Government report or paper
Physical description: v, 62 p.
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https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southwest/pdf/REL_2007033.pdf
