| Title: |
Measuring Teacher Effectiveness for Gifted and Talented Students |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Seth Walker (ORCID 0009-0009-0028-780X); Scott Imberman (ORCID 0000-0002-3136-0688); Katharine Strunk (ORCID 0000-0002-0986-8733) |
| Source: |
Grantee Submission. 2025. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
72 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Institute of Education Sciences (ED) |
| Contract Number: |
R305C200012 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Teacher Effectiveness; Academically Gifted; Value Added Models; Academic Achievement; Teacher Student Relationship; High Achievement; Classification; Ability Identification; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Middle School Teachers; Middle School Students |
| Geographic Terms: |
California (Los Angeles) |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102728 |
| Abstract: |
This paper investigates the differential effectiveness of teachers across student populations, with a focus on gifted and talented (GT) students. Using data from Los Angeles, we estimate teacher effectiveness (proxied by value-added measures (VAMs) of teachers' contributions to student achievement growth) for GT students and examine how they are matched to teachers. We additionally estimate VAMs for high- and low-testing students to explore whether GT students are assigned to teachers who are relatively more effective for GT students, or to teachers with broad effectiveness across student groups. Many teachers exhibit similar effectiveness across all subgroups, with particularly strong alignment between GT and high-testing VAMs. This suggests a strong overlap in instructional strengths for high-achieving students, regardless of GT classification. At the same time, a substantial share of teachers show meaningful differences in their relative effectiveness with GT students compared to low-testing students. GT students are consistently assigned to teachers with higher VAMs across all subgroups; however, this alignment is strongest with teachers who are most effective for GT and high-testing students. To a modest extent, GT students are also more likely to be matched to teachers with a relative advantage in teaching GT students compared to their effectiveness with low-testing students. [This paper was published in "Economics of Education Review" v109 2025.] |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| IES Funded: |
Yes |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED676300 |
| Database: |
ERIC |