Teacher Quality: Literature Review and Policy Directions

05.11.2012

However, the specific teacher characteristics that affect achievements are not known.  Thus, it is unclear how to improve the quality...

Compensation Incentives to Boost Teacher Productivity: US Research Yields Disappointing Results

05.11.2012

The results were similar whether incentives were provided to individual teachers, or on a school-wide basis.  One interpretation of the...

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  • Adam Gamoran

A Vision and Set of Recommendations for the Israeli Education System

05.11.2012

Following the social protest movement of the summer of 2011, several focus groups came together with the aim of formulating...

The Dovrat Committee, Ofek Hadash and Oz LeTmura: A Story of Rejection and Acceptance

05.11.2012

These agreements largely resemble principles proposed by the National Task Force for the Advancement of Education (the Dovrat Commission) in...

Evidence-Based Investments in Education: Recent Research Begins to Point the Way

05.11.2012

Class-size reduction, for example, was evaluated rigorously in a state-wide randomized experiment in the US, and led to important knowledge...

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  • Adam Gamoran