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Hwang, NaYoung; Fitzpatrick, Brian – AERA Open, 2021
Scholars have examined the effects of same-gender teachers on student achievement, but the findings are mixed. In this study, we use 7 years of administrative data from students in elementary and middle schools (i.e., Grades 3 through 8) in Indiana to test links between gender matching and student achievement. We find that female teachers are…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students
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St. Clair, Travis; Hallberg, Kelly; Cook, Thomas D. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Researchers are increasingly using comparative interrupted time series (CITS) designs to estimate the effects of programs and policies when randomized controlled trials are not feasible. In a simple interrupted time series design, researchers compare the pre-treatment values of a treatment group time series to post-treatment values in order to…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Time, Randomized Controlled Trials, Comparative Analysis