Effectiveness and Implementation of Teacher Quality Improvement Policies: A Systematic Literature Review

Teacher quality is consistently regarded as one of the primary determinants of educational quality, and this claim has been repeatedly affirmed by the literature across diverse geographical contexts and research paradigms. A number of studies identify improving teacher quality as the key to student learning outcomes and teacher professional development has been shown to be directly linked to the self-efficacy that underpins teaching quality. Teacher quality improvement is a main focus of education policy.