Mending the Education Divide
Getting Strong Teachers to the Schools That Need Them Most
Teachers can shape their students' educational careers. Research shows that children taught by different teachers often experience very different educational outcomes. This begs the questions: how are teachers assigned to schools in different countries? And to what extent do students from different backgrounds have access to good teachers? Building on literature identifying the characteristics and practices of teaching that boost student achievement, this report shows how teachers with different characteristics and practices tend to concentrate in different schools, and how much access students with different socio-economic backgrounds have to good teachers. It points out the aspects of different educational systems that influence how teachers are allocated to schools. The report also discusses the consequences that inequitable teacher allocation systems have on students’ educational outcomes.
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Overview: What TALIS insights about teacher allocation imply for policy
This report uses 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) data to examine how teachers are distributed across different schools. By doing so, it provides important insights on the extent to which different students have access to effective teachers and good learning environments. This chapter briefly describes the analytical approach employed in the report, and then provides an overview of the report’s main findings. The chapter ends with some recommendations for education policy that could lead to a more equitable allocation of teachers, and potentially, to a decrease in socio‑economic inequalities in student outcomes.
Also available in: French
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