What does recent research say about teacher quality and student achievement?

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December 2019

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What does recent research say about teacher quality and student achievement?

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Thank you for the question you submitted to our REL Reference Desk regarding
teacher quality and student achievement. We have prepared the following memo with research
references to help answer your question. For each reference, we provide an abstract, excerpt, or
summary written by the study’s author or publisher. The references are selected from the most
commonly used research resources and may not be comprehensive. References are listed in
alphabetical order, not necessarily in order of relevance. Other relevant studies may exist. We
have not evaluated the quality of these references, but provide them for your information only.