The Impact of Teacher Training on Teacher and Student Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Beijing Migrant Schools

Posted: 22 Mar 2017

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Linxiu Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy

Fang Lai

Stanford University

Xiaopeng Pang

Renmin University of China

Hongmei Yi

School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University

Scott Rozelle

Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies

Date Written: March 20, 2017

Abstract

This article exploits a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an intensive, short-term inservice teacher training programme on the performance of English teachers in Beijing migrant schools and their students. The results show no significant impacts of teacher training on either teacher or student English test scores and thus imply the ineffectiveness of short-term teacher training programmes on teacher and student performance.

Keywords: education,development,inservice teacher training,random assignment,test scores,China,migration

Suggested Citation

Zhang, Linxiu and Lai, Fang and Pang, Xiaopeng and Yi, Hongmei and Rozelle, Scott, The Impact of Teacher Training on Teacher and Student Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Beijing Migrant Schools (March 20, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2937673

Linxiu Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences - Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy ( email )

Anwai, Beijing, 100101
China

Fang Lai

Stanford University ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305
United States

Xiaopeng Pang

Renmin University of China ( email )

Room B906
Xianjin Building
Beijing, Beijing
China

Hongmei Yi (Contact Author)

School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University ( email )

Room 412, Wangkezhen Buidling, Peking Unviersity
Beijing, 100871
China

Scott Rozelle

Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies ( email )

Stanford, CA 94305
United States

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