What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper

Over the past decade, both developed and developing countries have become growingly concerned with how to raise the effectiveness of teachers. The growing focus on the need to strengthen the teaching profession to ensure better education results ha...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC POSITIONS ACADEMIC TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADMISSION CRITERIA APTITUDE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BACKGROUND PAPERS BEGINNING TEACHERS BETTER EDUCATED STUDENTS BETTER TEACHERS CAREER CAREER ADVANCEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER PATH CAREERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SIZE CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTEXTUAL FACTORS CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DEGREES DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES DROP-OUTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED STUDENTS EDUCATION DEGREE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTS EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXAMS EXPENDITURES EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FORMAL EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY KNOWLEDGE BASE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP SKILLS LEARNING LEARNING CURVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LITERACY LITERATURE LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS MENTORS NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PEDAGOGIC SKILLS PEDAGOGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY TEACHERS QUALITY TEACHING READERS RURAL AREAS SALARY INCREASES SANITATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ABSENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS SUPPLY OF TEACHERS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS TEACHER PAY TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER SHORTAGES TEACHER STANDARDS TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHER UNIONS TEACHER WORKFORCE TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING FORCE TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING PROCESS TEACHING QUALITY TEACHING STRATEGIES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL APPROACH TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY LEVEL URBAN SLUMS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WORK ENVIRONMENT WORK EXPERIENCE YOUTH
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topic	ACADEMIC POSITIONS ACADEMIC TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADMISSION CRITERIA APTITUDE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BACKGROUND PAPERS BEGINNING TEACHERS BETTER EDUCATED STUDENTS BETTER TEACHERS CAREER CAREER ADVANCEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER PATH CAREERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SIZE CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTEXTUAL FACTORS CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DEGREES DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES DROP-OUTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED STUDENTS EDUCATION DEGREE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTS EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXAMS EXPENDITURES EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FORMAL EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY KNOWLEDGE BASE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP SKILLS LEARNING LEARNING CURVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LITERACY LITERATURE LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS MENTORS NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PEDAGOGIC SKILLS PEDAGOGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY TEACHERS QUALITY TEACHING READERS RURAL AREAS SALARY INCREASES SANITATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ABSENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS SUPPLY OF TEACHERS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS TEACHER PAY TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER SHORTAGES TEACHER STANDARDS TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHER UNIONS TEACHER WORKFORCE TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING FORCE TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING PROCESS TEACHING QUALITY TEACHING STRATEGIES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL APPROACH TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY LEVEL URBAN SLUMS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WORK ENVIRONMENT WORK EXPERIENCE YOUTH
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC POSITIONS ACADEMIC TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADMISSION CRITERIA APTITUDE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BACKGROUND PAPERS BEGINNING TEACHERS BETTER EDUCATED STUDENTS BETTER TEACHERS CAREER CAREER ADVANCEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER PATH CAREERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SIZE CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTEXTUAL FACTORS CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DEGREES DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES DROP-OUTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED STUDENTS EDUCATION DEGREE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTS EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXAMS EXPENDITURES EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FORMAL EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY KNOWLEDGE BASE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP SKILLS LEARNING LEARNING CURVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LITERACY LITERATURE LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS MENTORS NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PEDAGOGIC SKILLS PEDAGOGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY TEACHERS QUALITY TEACHING READERS RURAL AREAS SALARY INCREASES SANITATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ABSENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS SUPPLY OF TEACHERS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS TEACHER PAY TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER SHORTAGES TEACHER STANDARDS TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHER UNIONS TEACHER WORKFORCE TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING FORCE TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING PROCESS TEACHING QUALITY TEACHING STRATEGIES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL APPROACH TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY LEVEL URBAN SLUMS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WORK ENVIRONMENT WORK EXPERIENCE YOUTH World Bank What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
relation	Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) working paper series;no. 4
description	Over the past decade, both developed and developing countries have become growingly concerned with how to raise the effectiveness of teachers. The growing focus on the need to strengthen the teaching profession to ensure better education results has encountered the problem that evidence on the policies that raise teaching quality is scattered, incomplete and, in some cases, presents contradictory findings. This paper provides a framework for analyzing teacher policies in education systems around the world in order to support informed education policy decisions. It provides a lens through which governments, World Bank staff, and other interested parties can focus the attention on what the relevant dimensions regarding teacher policies are, what teacher policies seem to matter most to improve student learning, and how to think about prioritization among competing policy options for teacher policy reform. The systems approach for better education results (SABER) - teachers initiative aims to collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate comprehensive information on teacher policies across countries around the world. The focus of the paper is the description of the conceptual framework to analyze and assess teacher policies, as well as a review of the evidence base that supports it. The document is organized as follows: section one provides an overview of the general approach, main components, and objectives of the framework, as well as an explanation of the evidence base that supported its development. Section two focuses on the first component of the framework, and describes the categories that are relevant to produce a comprehensive descriptive account of the teacher policies that are in place in a given education system. Section three focuses on policy guidance. Section four concludes presenting an account of how the framework is expected to evolve as new evidence on teacher policies becomes available.
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author	World Bank
author_facet	World Bank
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title	What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
title_short	What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
title_full	What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
title_fullStr	What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
title_full_unstemmed	What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper
title_sort	what matters most for teacher policies : a framework paper
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/20152186/matters-most-teacher-policies-framework-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20143
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spelling	okr-10986-201432021-04-23T14:03:54Z What Matters Most for Teacher Policies : A Framework Paper World Bank ACADEMIC POSITIONS ACADEMIC TEACHER ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADMISSION CRITERIA APTITUDE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BACKGROUND PAPERS BEGINNING TEACHERS BETTER EDUCATED STUDENTS BETTER TEACHERS CAREER CAREER ADVANCEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER PATH CAREERS CERTIFIED TEACHERS CIVIL SERVICE CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM SIZE CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COMPETENCIES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONTEXTUAL FACTORS CURRICULUM DECENTRALIZATION DEGREES DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS DISCIPLINES DROP-OUTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED STUDENTS EDUCATION DEGREE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS EFFECTIVE TEACHING ELEMENTS EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXAMS EXPENDITURES EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FORMAL EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS JOB SECURITY KNOWLEDGE BASE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP SKILLS LEARNING LEARNING CURVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LITERACY LITERATURE LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS MENTORS NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PEDAGOGIC SKILLS PEDAGOGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY TEACHERS QUALITY TEACHING READERS RURAL AREAS SALARY INCREASES SANITATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEADS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SKILLED INDIVIDUALS SOCIAL MOBILITY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ABSENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SUBJECT MATTER SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS SUPPLY OF TEACHERS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS TEACHER PAY TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER SHORTAGES TEACHER STANDARDS TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHER UNIONS TEACHER WORKFORCE TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING ACTIVITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING FORCE TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING PROCESS TEACHING QUALITY TEACHING STRATEGIES TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL APPROACH TRAINING COURSES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY LEVEL URBAN SLUMS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WORK ENVIRONMENT WORK EXPERIENCE YOUTH Over the past decade, both developed and developing countries have become growingly concerned with how to raise the effectiveness of teachers. The growing focus on the need to strengthen the teaching profession to ensure better education results has encountered the problem that evidence on the policies that raise teaching quality is scattered, incomplete and, in some cases, presents contradictory findings. This paper provides a framework for analyzing teacher policies in education systems around the world in order to support informed education policy decisions. It provides a lens through which governments, World Bank staff, and other interested parties can focus the attention on what the relevant dimensions regarding teacher policies are, what teacher policies seem to matter most to improve student learning, and how to think about prioritization among competing policy options for teacher policy reform. The systems approach for better education results (SABER) - teachers initiative aims to collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate comprehensive information on teacher policies across countries around the world. The focus of the paper is the description of the conceptual framework to analyze and assess teacher policies, as well as a review of the evidence base that supports it. The document is organized as follows: section one provides an overview of the general approach, main components, and objectives of the framework, as well as an explanation of the evidence base that supported its development. Section two focuses on the first component of the framework, and describes the categories that are relevant to produce a comprehensive descriptive account of the teacher policies that are in place in a given education system. Section three focuses on policy guidance. Section four concludes presenting an account of how the framework is expected to evolve as new evidence on teacher policies becomes available. 2014-09-15T21:52:10Z 2014-09-15T21:52:10Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/20152186/matters-most-teacher-policies-framework-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20143 English en_US Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) working paper series;no. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper

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