Measuring the Impacts of Teachers Ii: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood

81 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2013 Last revised: 28 Jan 2023

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Raj Chetty

Harvard University

John Friedman

Brown University

John N. Friedman

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Jonah E. Rockoff

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: September 2013

Abstract

Are teachers' impacts on students' test scores ("value-added") a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate partly because of a lack of evidence on whether high value-added (VA) teachers who raise students' test scores improve students' long-term outcomes. Using school district and tax records for more than one million children, we find that students assigned to high-VA teachers in primary school are more likely to attend college, earn higher salaries, and are less likely to have children as teenagers. Replacing a teacher whose VA is in the bottom 5% with an average teacher would increase the present value of students' lifetime income by approximately $250,000 per classroom.

Suggested Citation

Chetty, Raj and Friedman, John and Friedman, John Norton and Friedman, John Norton and Rockoff, Jonah E., Measuring the Impacts of Teachers Ii: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood (September 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w19424, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2325797

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