North Carolina Teacher Certification and Student Achievement Study

A unique dataset from North Carolina was used in the first large-scale study assessing the relationship between teacher certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and elementary-level student achievement. The study, authored by Dan Goldhaber of the University of Washington, found NBPTS-certified teachers were more effective at increasing student achievement, with effects varying by grade and student type. The associated publication was updated on the web in April 2005.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between teacher certification and student achievement based on the described study results.
• Analyzing how the effectiveness of certified teachers differs by grade level as indicated in the findings.
• Investigating variations in teacher effectiveness across different student types as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data underpins the first large-scale study on this specific certification relationship.
• Study findings were published and peer-reviewed, indicating a research-grade source.
• Analysis covers multiple grade levels and student types, suggesting multidimensional data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified as the core study data is from before 2005.

Provenance

Source

University of Washington (Dan Goldhaber), via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative education records from North Carolina, analyzed for a research study.

Geography

North Carolina, United States.