instruction {mlmtools}

Instruction Data

Description

Data from a study on instructional improvement across 312 classrooms.

Usage

data(instruction)

Format

A data frame with 1190 observations on the following 8 variables.

female

Dummy variable for being female

mathkind

Math achievement score in the spring of kindergarten

mathgain

Gain in math achievement score from spring of kindergarten to spring of first grade

ses

Socioeconomic status

mathprep

First grade teacher's mathematic preparation (based on number of courses taken)

classid

Classroom identifier

schoolid

School identifier

childid

Student identifier

Source

Stata Press

References

Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia, and Brian Everitt. Handbook of statistical analyses using Stata. CRC Press, 2003.

Hill, H. C., Rowan, B., & Ball, D. L. (2005). Effects of teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching on student achievement. American educational research journal, 42(2), 371-406.

Examples

data(instruction)