RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Contributions of School Quality and Teacher Qualifications to Student Performance JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 123 OP 153 DO 10.3368/jhr.46.1.123 VO 46 IS 1 A1 Lai, Fang A1 Sadoulet, Elisabeth A1 de Janvry, Alain YR 2011 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/46/1/123.abstract AB We use administrative data from the lottery-based open enrollment system in Beijing middle schools to obtain unbiased estimates of school fixed effects on student performance. To do this, we classify children in selection channels, with each channel representing a unique succession of lotteries through which a child was assigned to a school. Results show that school fixed effects are strong determinants of student performance. These fixed effects are shown to be highly correlated with teacher qualifications measured in particular by their official ranks. Teacher qualifications have about the same predictive power for student test scores as do school fixed effects.