Teacher effectiveness and reading comprehension at first grade

This paper explores the impact of teachers on student reading comprehension. Participants of the study were 550 students in 35 first grade classes and their respective 35 teachers. The study aims at determining 1) whether there is significant between class residual variance in reading comprehension at the end of first grade, 2) whether there is evidence of differential effectiveness and 3) whether dimensions of instructional quality assessed by...