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Teacher Policies

in the Americas

Emiliana VegasHuman Development Network

The World Bank

SABER - Teachers

Outline

Why assess Teacher Policies in the Americas?

What is SABER-Teachers?

How do education systems in the Americas fare in

terms of Teacher Policies?

Outline





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9.5 out of 10 children enroll in primary school at the official age

7.5 out of 10 children enroll in secondary education in a timely manner

And about 1/3 of youth makes it to tertiary education

Source: World Bank EdStatsData for Latin America and the Caribbean

Education systems in the Americas have made progress in providing access to

school…

… but are lagging behind in education quality

Latin America

Top-performing

USA

Canada

Source: OECD (2011)

Source: OECD (2011)

Standard deviation

… and many have high inequality in student outcomes

Evidence from developed & developing countries suggests good

teaching matters

Low SES

Base Year 1-2 Years 3-4 Years

Medium SES

Base Year 1-2 Years 3-4 Years

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In Chile, having at least three highly-rated teachers seems to close the achievement gap between low and middle SES students.

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Outline





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SABER is an effort to collect, analyze and disseminate data on education

policies

Governance and Institutions

Key InputsService Delivery

Sub-Systems

Learning StandardsLearning Assessments

Information ManagementSchool Finance

Early Childhood DevelopmentPrimary & Secondary SchoolingTertiary EducationWorkforce Development

TeachersMaterials & ICT

Learning for all

Low-income CountriesMiddle-income CountriesOECD CountriesFragile Countries

SABER-Teachers fills a major gapin policy data and guidance

Scarce data on teacher policies

Uneven evidence on what works

+ = Limited guidance on

policy decisions

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SABER-Teachers fills a major gapin policy data and guidance

Global data on teacher policies

+ = Opportunity to learn from other

education systems

Comparative analyses

User-friendly dissemination

71 education systems in 48 countries

71 education systems in 48 countries

9 countries in the Americas

8 teacher policy goals

Effective teachers

Setting clear expectations for

teachers

Effective teachers

1



teachers

Attracting the best into teaching

Effective teachers

21



teachers


Preparing teachers with

useful training & experience

Effective teachers

2

3

1



teachers




Effective teachers

Matching teachers’ skills with students’

needs

2

3

4

1



teachers




Effective teachers


needs

Leading teachers with strong principals

2

3

4

1

5



teachers




Effective teachers


needs


Monitoring teaching &

learning

2

3

4

1

5

6



teachers




Effective teachers


needs



learning

Supporting teachers to

improve instruction

2

3

4

1

5

6

7



teachers




Effective teachers


needs



learning


improve instruction

Motivating teachers to

perform

2

3

4

1

5

6

7

8


We collect data and classify countries based on their level of development on each policy

goal

Advanced

Established

Emerging

Latent

Top performing and rapidly improving

Top-performing

Hong Kong (China)

Ontario (Canada)

Finland

Belgium

South Korea

Shanghai (China)

Japan

Chinese Taipei

Hungary

Singapore

Netherlands

Outline





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Goal 1Setting clear expectations for

teachers

Source: SABER-Teachers

Goal 2Attracting the best into teaching


Goal 3Preparing teachers with useful training and

experience


Goal 4Matching teachers’ skills with students’

needs


Goal 5Leading teachers with strong

principals


Goal 6Monitoring teaching and learning


Goal 7Supporting teachers to improve

instruction


Goal 8Motivating teachers to perform


Lessons learned


What to do to improve teacher policies?

4 teacher policy “profiles”

Less government involvement

More government involvement



Professional Autonomy •Select the best into teaching•Prepare teachers exceptionally well •Give teachers ample autonomy



Shared Responsibility •Excellent teaching is a shared responsibility •Collaboration and peer accountability



Career Development •Support teacher professional development•Formative assessment •Strong instructional leaders as school heads



Performance management•Tight control over teachers’ work•“Leave nothing to chance”

¡Gracias!Thank you!

Merci!Obrigada!Emiliana VegasLead Economist

Human Development Network The World Bank

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SABER - Teachers

Backup

Data collection and analysis

in SABER-Teachers

How do we collect data?

Teacher policy areas

We collect data on 10 teacher policy areas


Requirements to enter and remain

in teaching




in teaching Initial teacher preparation





Recruitment and

employment





Recruitment and

employment

Teacher workloads and

autonomy





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy

Professional development





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy

Compensation: salary and non-salary benefits

Professional development





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy


Professional developmentRetirement

rules and benefits





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy

Monitoring and

evaluation of teacher quality



rules and benefits





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy

Teacher representation and voice

Monitoring and




rules and benefits





Recruitment and

employment


autonomy

School leadership

Teacher representation and voice

Monitoring and




rules and benefits


When a country shows interest, we hire and support an expert consultant to collect the data

Consultant

Reads a manual on the data collection

instruments

Completes a quiz to assess understanding

of manual

Interviews key stakeholders and gathers supporting documents

1 week 2-3 weeks

World Bank staff

Supports the consultant throughout

data collection

Verifies data for completion

and consistency

Analyzes the data and writes a country report

We support the consultant throughout the data collection process

2-3 weeks 2 weeks

Total estimated time: (from the search of a consultant to the delivery of a country report) 7-9 weeks.

How do we analyze our data?

We selected 8 teacher policy goals for data analysis


teachers




Effective teachers


needs



learning


improve instruction

Motivating teachers to

perform

2

3

4

1

5

6

7

8

For each policy goal, we defined policy levers: actions that governments can

take to reach each goal


Are entry requirements set up to attract talented candidates?

Are pay and benefits appealing for talented candidates?

Are working conditions appealing for talented candidates?

Are there attractive career opportunities?


1. Is there an established process to screen applicants to pre-service teacher training programs?

2. How many applicants enter pre-service teacher training programs?

3. Are there requirements to become a teacher?

4. How many teachers meet requirements to enter teaching?

5. How many models of pre-service teacher training are there?

For each policy lever, we defined a series of indicators


Each indicator is linked to questions in our data collection instruments


Advanced: 20% or less enter

Established: 21% to 50% enter

Emerging: 51% to 89% enter

Latent: 90% or more enter

We classify each indicator based on the policies of top-performing and rapidly-

improving education systems

Indicator #1 - Mature

Indicator #2 - Established

Indicator #3 - Established

Indicator #1 - Emerging

Indicator #2 - Latent

Indicator #3 - Latent

Finally, we classify all indicators and aggregate these classifications for each policy lever and goal

Policy Lever #1: Established

Policy Lever #2: Latent

Policy Goal #1: Emerging

Online classification toolhttp://saberdev.worldbank.org/T/Admin/class/class1.cfm?SLC_COUNTRY=GT

http://saberdev.worldbank.org/T/Admin/class/class1.cfm?SLC_COUNTRY=GT

http://saberdev.worldbank.org/T/Admin/class/class1.cfm?SLC_COUNTRY=GT

An examplePolicy Goal 2

Ratings per policy lever

Goal 2: Setting clear expectations for teachers

ChileAre entry requirements set up to attract talented candidates?



Are there attractive career opportunities?Source: SABER-Teachers






Colombia







Guatemala







Mexico







Nicaragua


How do we disseminate our data and analyses?

User-friendly website with all our data and analyses

Comparison of systems by teacher policy goals

Comparison of systems by teacher policy areas

Regional and global comparative reports

Database with teacher-related regulations

Expandable menu to see data behind classifications

Comparison side-by-side of teacher policy areas and goals

User-friendly website with all our data and analyses

Country reports

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