Learning from the Best : Improving Learning Through Effective Teacher Policies

dc.creator	Vegas, Emiliana
dc.creator	Ganimian, Alejandro
dc.creator	Jaimovich, Analia
dc.date	2012-08-13T10:17:37Z
dc.date	2012-08-13T10:17:37Z
dc.date	2012-02
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-27T23:29:32Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-27T23:29:32Z
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10057
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/10986/10057
dc.description	An education system is only as good as its teachers. Both developed and developing countries have increasingly become concerned with increasing the effectiveness of their teachers. Successful education systems achieve the eight SABER-Teacher teacher policy goals in different ways, but they all produce superior student and teacher performance. The World Bank has studied top-performing systems. These systems are particularly effective at attracting the best individuals to the teaching profession and preparing them exceptionally. Once teachers enter the profession, the system grants them ample discretion to decide how to best achieve superior student performance and focuses on supporting them rather than trying to steer them in any particular direction. Finland provides a good example of this type of system. These systems also place considerable trust in teachers. Such systems are built on the notion that excellent teaching is not the responsibility of a single instructor, but rather, of the profession as a whole. Thus, they institute mechanisms that foster collaboration and encourage teachers to hold their peers accountable for the quality of their work. Shanghai, China, offers a good example of this type of system. These systems exert tight control over teachers' daily work in the classroom. They provide teachers with detailed guidelines, closely monitor the execution of these guidelines, and use multiple incentives to reward outstanding teaching. At the same time, accountability mechanisms tackle poor teacher effort and performance.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation	Education Notes
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 Unported
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
dc.subject	BUSINESS SCHOOL
dc.subject	CAREER
dc.subject	CAREER DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	CAREERS
dc.subject	CLASSROOM
dc.subject	CLASSROOM TEACHING
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE SALARIES
dc.subject	CURRICULA
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EDUCATION FINANCE
dc.subject	EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION
dc.subject	ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	EXAMS
dc.subject	GRADUATION RATES
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
dc.subject	HOURS OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
dc.subject	INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
dc.subject	INSTRUCTORS
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOL
dc.subject	PEDAGOGY
dc.subject	PRINCIPALS
dc.subject	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF TEACHERS
dc.subject	QUALITY TEACHERS
dc.subject	RESEARCH REPORT
dc.subject	SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
dc.subject	SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL HEADS
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	SCHOOL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	SCHOOL TEACHER
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SERVICE TRAINING
dc.subject	SMALL SCHOOLS
dc.subject	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
dc.subject	SUBJECT MATTER
dc.subject	SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	SUBJECTS
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
dc.subject	TEACHER CERTIFICATION
dc.subject	TEACHER EDUCATION
dc.subject	TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	TEACHER EVALUATIONS
dc.subject	TEACHER PAY
dc.subject	TEACHER PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	TEACHER PREPARATION
dc.subject	TEACHER QUALITY
dc.subject	TEACHER RATIOS
dc.subject	TEACHER SHORTAGES
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject	TEACHER TURNOVER
dc.subject	TEACHER WORKFORCE
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.title	Learning from the Best : Improving Learning Through Effective Teacher Policies
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Brief
dc.type	Publications & Research