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Carruthers, Celeste K. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2009
Do charter schools draw good teachers from traditional, mainstream public schools? Using a panel dataset of all North Carolina public school teachers from 1997-2007, this research paper finds nuanced patterns of teacher quality flowing into charter schools. High rates of inexperienced and uncertified teachers moved to charter schools, but among…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Charter Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Ma, Lingling; Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2009
Virtual Comparison Groups (VCG) were developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association as an alternative to conventional controlled experiments for social science researchers working in the field of education. The VCG is generally a group of up to 51 students who are matched, based on key characteristics of the student and school, to a single…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Sampling, Student Characteristics