Serbia Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012

Research suggests that teacher quality is the main school-based predictor of student achievement and that several consecutive years of outstanding teaching can offset the learning deficits of disadvantaged students. However, it is not yet clear exa...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
LET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17553427/serbia-systems-approach-better-education-results-saber-teachers-country-report-serbia-systems-approach-better-education-results-saber-teachers-country-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16553
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Summary:Research suggests that teacher quality is the main school-based predictor of student achievement and that several consecutive years of outstanding teaching can offset the learning deficits of disadvantaged students. However, it is not yet clear exactly which teacher policies can raise teacher effectiveness thus, devising effective policies to improve teaching quality remains a challenge. A new tool, Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-teachers, fills this gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies in primary and secondary education across a range of different education systems. In this report, we discuss the findings from the application of SABER-teachers in Serbia. The goal is to enable policymakers to learn about how other countries address the same policy challenges related to teacher management and thus how to make well-informed policy choices that will lead to improved learning outcomes.