Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.

A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure of th...

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Main Authors:	Das, Jishnu, Dercon, Stefan, Habyarimana, James, Krishnan, Pramila
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABILITY ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC YEAR ADJUSTMENT ATTENTION EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS GENDER HEAD TEACHERS HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MATHEMATICS PAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PUPILS READING RECALL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS STUDENT DATA STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TEACHER TEACHER ATTRITION TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING QUALITY TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5795993/teacher-shocks-student-learning-evidence-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8934

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spelling	okr-10986-89342021-04-23T14:02:42Z Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia. Das, Jishnu Dercon, Stefan Habyarimana, James Krishnan, Pramila ABILITY ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC YEAR ADJUSTMENT ATTENTION EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS GENDER HEAD TEACHERS HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MATHEMATICS PAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PUPILS READING RECALL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS STUDENT DATA STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TEACHER TEACHER ATTRITION TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING QUALITY TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure of these shocks they find large impacts: A 5 percent increase in the teacher's absence rate reduces learning by 4 to 8 percent of average gains over the year. This reduction in learning achievement likely reflects both the direct effect of increased absenteeism and the indirect effects of less lesson preparation and lower teaching quality when in class. The authors document that health problems-primarily teachers' own illness and the illnesses of their family members-account for more than 60 percent of teacher absences; not surprising in a country struggling with an HIV/AIDS epidemic. The relationship between shocks to teachers and student learning suggests that households are unable to substitute adequately for teaching inputs. Excess teaching capacity that allows for the greater use of substitute teachers could lead to larger gains in student learning. 2012-06-25T15:38:46Z 2012-06-25T15:38:46Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5795993/teacher-shocks-student-learning-evidence-zambia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8934 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3602 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Zambia
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topic	ABILITY ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC YEAR ADJUSTMENT ATTENTION EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE TEACHERS GENDER HEAD TEACHERS HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT MATHEMATICS PAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PUPILS READING RECALL RURAL AREAS SCHOOL HOURS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS STUDENT DATA STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TEACHERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TEACHER TEACHER ATTRITION TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING PERFORMANCE TEACHING QUALITY TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS
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description	A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure of these shocks they find large impacts: A 5 percent increase in the teacher's absence rate reduces learning by 4 to 8 percent of average gains over the year. This reduction in learning achievement likely reflects both the direct effect of increased absenteeism and the indirect effects of less lesson preparation and lower teaching quality when in class. The authors document that health problems-primarily teachers' own illness and the illnesses of their family members-account for more than 60 percent of teacher absences; not surprising in a country struggling with an HIV/AIDS epidemic. The relationship between shocks to teachers and student learning suggests that households are unable to substitute adequately for teaching inputs. Excess teaching capacity that allows for the greater use of substitute teachers could lead to larger gains in student learning.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Das, Jishnu Dercon, Stefan Habyarimana, James Krishnan, Pramila
author_facet	Das, Jishnu Dercon, Stefan Habyarimana, James Krishnan, Pramila
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title	Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.
title_short	Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.
title_full	Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.
title_fullStr	Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.
title_full_unstemmed	Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.
title_sort	teacher shocks and student learning : evidence from zambia.
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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Teacher Shocks and Student Learning : Evidence from Zambia.

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