Table 6

Estimates of the Potential Nonlinear Relationships Between Student Test Scores and Teacher TES Score Measures

	(A) Math			(B) Reading
	Entire Estimation Sample		Formal Prof or Distg	Entire Estimation Sample		Formal Prof or Distg
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(1)	(2)	(3)
1. Overall classroom practices (linear)			0.100*			0.111*
			(0.047)			(0.044)
1. Relative to bottom quartile, overall classroom practices
Second quartile, overall classroom practices	0.045			0.095**
	(0.036)			(0.029)
Third quartile, overall classroom practices	0.055			0.102**
	(0.038)			(0.026)
Top quartile, overall classroom practices	0.091**			0.130**
	(0.033)			(0.032)
2. Classroom environment relative to instructional practices	0.091*		0.096*	0.027		−0.012
	(0.042)		(0.043)	(0.040)		(0.046)
3. Questions & discussion approach relative to standards & content focus	0.011		0.014	0.059		0.054
	(0.038)		(0.042)	(0.038)		(0.041)
Received formal evaluator rating of proficient or distinguished		0.098*			0.102**
		(0.041)			(0.030)
Teacher sample	207	207	184	365	365	325
Student sample	16,196	16,196	15,062	20,125	20,125	18,500
Adjusted R-squared	0.555	0.555	0.560	0.550	0.549	0.552

Note: Each column represents a separate student-level specification including student controls, teacher experience controls, and school fixed effects. Clustered (teacher) standard errors in parentheses. ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<0.1.