Do homeroom teachers affect students' academic achievement in China's middle schools?. Issue 4 (23rd February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Tianheng; Yang, Dan
• Is Part Of: Applied economics letters. Volume 28:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 329
• Page End: 333
• Publication Date: 2021-02-23
• Subjects: Homeroom teacher -- student achievement -- Chinese middle school -- education production; I21; Economics -- Periodicals; Economics, Mathematical -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1752897
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4851

Abstract

ABSTRACT: While the effect of teacher quality on students' achievement is widely documented in the literature, relatively little is known about the impact of teachers' non-instructional role. By exploiting the random assignment of students and homeroom teachers to classrooms within the same grade and school, the paper finds that students' test scores for a subject can be improved if the subject is taught by a homeroom teacher. The mechanism analysis suggests that the impact could be driven by the better interaction between homeroom teachers and students.