Professional Development and Incentives for Teacher Performance in Schools in Mexico

The quality of education is a determining factor in competitiveness. In order to globally compete, Mexico would have to raise its standards beyond its current low achievement. Several innovations at federal and state levels have been developed to raise the quality of basic education. One example is Carrera Magisterial (CM), which is a professional development program that was created as part of the National Agreement for the Modernization of Basic Education in 1992. This program is aimed at raising the quality of basic education through teachers' professional training, new learning presence in schools, and improving working and salary conditions this report evaluates the impact of CM. She shows several important results. First, teacher's enrollment in the CM program has a positive impact on learning achievement. Second, family characteristics are important in explaining students' achievement. Third, investment in primary school teachers is most effective when targeted toward increasing teachers' practical experience and developing content-specific knowledge. And fourth, students in schools with a high degree of supervision on the part of the school principal achieve better scores.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-03
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT SCORES, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, AGE GROUP, BASIC EDUCATION, CLASSROOM SIZE, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS, EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FREE TEXTBOOK, GRADING, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSING, INDEXES, LABOR FORCE, LEARNING, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING LEVELS, LEARNING PROCESS, LOW ACHIEVEMENT, MATHEMATICS, MOTHER TONGUE, MOTIVATION, NEGATIVE IMPACT, PAPERS, PARENTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, POSITIVE IMPACT, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIMARY STUDENTS, PRINCIPALS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, PROFESSORS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, REPETITION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS, SCHOOL EFFECTS, SCHOOL FACTORS, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TEACHER, TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TEST SCORES, TEXTBOOK PRODUCTION, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, UNIVERSITIES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN SCHOOLS, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3168055/professional-development-incentives-teacher-performance-schools-mexico https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15629
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