Leah Natasha Glassow

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Teacher sorting and the opportunity gap

THE ALLOCATION OF teacher competence is frequently cited as a determinantof socioeconomic inequity in student outcomes. This thesis explores severalaspects related to the phenomenon of ‘teacher sorting’ from a cross-nationalperspective. It aims to empirically validate theoretical questions regardingsocial reproduction and the allocation of educational resources, as well aswhether inequitable allocation contributes to socioeconomic gaps in studentperformance.The thesis presents four empirical studies with two pairs of related researchquestions. Study I examined the magnitude of teacher sorting across education systems and over the past 20 years. Study II extends this line of questioning and examines whether the sorting gap magnitudes exacerbate mathematics achievement inequity within countries. Studies III and IV examined whether institution- level policies are associated with several different dimensions of teacher sorting. The findings lend partial support to the role of inequitable teacher competence in perpetuating inequitable student outcomes, but also point to the importance of the socioeconomic context and construct measurement in considering inequity and policy across education systems.

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