Education and Development: The Issues and the Evidence

8. Library size and
activity

+

18

15

9. Science laboratories

+

11

4

10. Nutrition &
feeding programs

+

6

5

Teacher Quality

11. Teacher's length
of schooling

Total years of
teacher's schooling

+

26

12

Years of tertiary &
teacher training

+

31

22

12. In-service teacher
training

-

6

5

13. Teacher's length
of experience

+

23

10

14. Teacher's verbal
proficiency

+

2

2

15. Teacher's salary
level

+

14

5

16. Teacher's social class background +

10

7

17. School's
percentage of full-
time teachers

+

2

1

18. Teacher's
punctuality & (low)
absenteeism

+

2

0

Teaching Practices/Classroom Organisation

19. Length of instructional program +

14

12

20. Homework
frequency

+

8

6

21. Active learning by
students

+

3

1

22. Teacher's
expectations of pupil
performance

+

3

3