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Thomas J. Kane, Jonah E. Rockoff, and Douglas O. Staiger, “What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City” (Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006)
Daniel Aaronson, Lisa Barrow, and William Sander, “Teachers and Student Achievement in the Chicago Public High Schools.” Working Paper WP-02-28 (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2002);
Eric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, and Steven G. Rivkin, “Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement.” Working Paper 6691 (National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998);
National Council on Teacher Quality, “Increasing the Odds: How Good Policies Can Yield Better Teachers” (2005);
REL, “Research on the efficacy of master’s degrees for teachers” (2014).
Early Childhood Education Subcommittee Research References
Barnett, W. S. (2008). Minimum requirements for preschool teacher educational qualifications. In E. F. Zigler, W. S. Gilliam, & W. S. Barnett (Eds.), The pre-K debates: Current controversies and issues (pp. 48-54). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co.
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Whitebook, M. (2014). Building a skilled teacher workforce: Shared and divergent challenges in early care and education and in grades K-12. Prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Berkeley, CA: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
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