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Visible Learning MetaX
Version 1.4 – Updated February 2026

Collective teacher efficacy

Overview

  • Influence: Collective teacher efficacy
  • Domain: Teacher
  • Sub-Domain: Teacher attributes
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: The shared belief by a group of teachers in a particular educational environment that they have the skills to positively impact student outcomes.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 85
  • Number of students: 3,489
  • Number of effects: 85
  • Weighted mean effect size: 1.34
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Dissertation Eells Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Collective Teacher Efficacy and Student Achievement 2011 Collective teacher efficacy 26 1,402 26 1.57
Book Çogaltay & Karadag The Effect of Collective Teacher Efficacy on Student Achievement 2017 Teacher collective efficacy 35 2,087 35 1.22
Dissertation Norris The relationship between collective teacher efficacy and school-level reading and mathematics achievement: A meta-regression using robust variance estimation 2018 Collective teacher efficacy 24 NA 24 1.28
TOTAL/AVERAGE 85 3,489 85 1.36
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