Essays about: "Anja Tuneld"
Found 2 essays containing the words Anja Tuneld.
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1. Picking up the PISA? Teacher certification and student achievement in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In an effort to raise the status of teachers and increase the quality and equity of Swedish education by ensuring competent teachers, a national and subject-specific teacher certification was introduced in 2011, despite scant evidence in favor of teacher certification. This thesis attempts to answer the question: What effect do certified teachers in Sweden have on ninth grade student achievement? By applying fixed effects models to school-level panel data spanning the academic years 2014/2015-2018/2019, this study finds that certified teachers have significant and positive effects on student achievement in mathematics, at least in terms of standardized national test results. READ MORE
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2. The controversies of destructive spending: Arms production and growth in the post-Cold War era
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Critics of the GDP measure are claiming that it fails to capture the true well-being of a country and demand that alternative measures be developed. To determine how the destructive spending on arms should enter a new measure, an understanding of its effects on GDP is required. READ MORE
