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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Teacher effects

Overview

  • Influence: Teacher effects
  • Domain: Teacher
  • Sub-Domain: Teacher attributes
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: The effect that a particular teacher has on student learning (often compared to school, curricula, student, home, etc., effects).

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 4
  • Number of studies: 299
  • Number of students: 3,225,488
  • Number of effects: 1,207
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.38
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Nye, Konstantopoulos, & Hedges USA How large are teacher effects? 2004 Overall teacher effects 18 0 18 0.32
International Journal of Educational Research and Information Science Manimozhi & Srinivasan India Meta analysis of teaching effectiveness 2018 Overall teacher effects 21 0 21 0.27
Journal of Agricultural education and Human Resource Development Ku & Kim Korea A meta-analysis on the effects of academic achievement in teacher related variables. 2014 Teacher related variables 51 0 126 0.39
Croatian Journal of Education Danisman, Güler, & Karadag Turkey The Effect of Teacher Characteristics on Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study 2019 Teacher characteristics 209 3,225,488 1,042 0.39
TOTAL/AVERAGE 299 3,225,488 1,207 0.34
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