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Title: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness for Gifted and Talented Students
Language: English
Authors: Seth Walker (ORCID 0009-0009-0028-780X), Scott Imberman (ORCID 0000-0002-3136-0688), Katharine Strunk (ORCID 0000-0002-0986-8733)
Source: Grantee Submission. 2025.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 72
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R305C200012
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academically Gifted, Value Added Models, Academic Achievement, Teacher Student Relationship, High Achievement, Classification, Ability Identification, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
Geographic Terms: California (Los Angeles)
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102728
Abstract: This paper investigates the differential effectiveness of teachers across student populations, with a focus on gifted and talented (GT) students. Using data from Los Angeles, we estimate teacher effectiveness (proxied by value-added measures (VAMs) of teachers' contributions to student achievement growth) for GT students and examine how they are matched to teachers. We additionally estimate VAMs for high- and low-testing students to explore whether GT students are assigned to teachers who are relatively more effective for GT students, or to teachers with broad effectiveness across student groups. Many teachers exhibit similar effectiveness across all subgroups, with particularly strong alignment between GT and high-testing VAMs. This suggests a strong overlap in instructional strengths for high-achieving students, regardless of GT classification. At the same time, a substantial share of teachers show meaningful differences in their relative effectiveness with GT students compared to low-testing students. GT students are consistently assigned to teachers with higher VAMs across all subgroups; however, this alignment is strongest with teachers who are most effective for GT and high-testing students. To a modest extent, GT students are also more likely to be matched to teachers with a relative advantage in teaching GT students compared to their effectiveness with low-testing students. [This paper was published in "Economics of Education Review" v109 2025.]
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Entry Date: 2025
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