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Teacher content knowledge in Indian secondary schools and its relationship with student learning

Abstract:
We combine data on math and English teacher content knowledge with student test scores from secondary schools in India. We find that content knowledge is low, particularly for English. Education and experience are correlated with English content knowledge; gender and experience are correlated with math content knowledge. We find that teacher content knowledge is unrelated to student test scores. However, in schools implementing a remedial intervention, higher content knowledge predicts higher test scores. These findings suggest that teacher knowledge may affect the impact of remedial programs.
Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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Publisher copy:
10.1257/pandp.20261030

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Divisional Administration
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-4285-9190


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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/037wke960
Grant:
GR-0924


Publisher:
American Economic Association
Host title:
American Economic Association (AEA) Papers and Proceedings 2026
Journal:
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Volume:
116
Pages:
195-200
Publication date:
2026-05-01
Event title:
American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting 2026
Event location:
Philadelphia, United States
Event website:
https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/2026
Event start date:
2026-01-03
Event end date:
2026-01-05
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EISSN:
2574-0776
ISSN:
2574-0768


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2434576
Local pid:
pubs:2434576
Deposit date:
2026-06-18
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