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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

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
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
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Nye, Konstantopoulos, & Hedges USA How large are teacher effects? 2004 Overall teacher effects 18 0 18 0.32
TOTAL/AVERAGE 299 3,225,488 1,207 0.34
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