Is there a relation between the salary of teachers and the performance of students? (eBook)

Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: 10, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, language: English, abstract: For decades, researchers argued the relations between educational inputs and students outcomes. Some researchers argued there are positive relations between educational inputs and outcomes. Others revealed the relationship between educational inputs and student outcomes doesn't exist.

In the article, I will address the aforementioned argument by analysing the relations between upper secondary school teachers’ salary and PISA. Teachers’ salary is an important index for many researchers to evaluate the educational inputs. The PISA is an index that evaluates countries’ student's performance summarised by OECD, which is a famous data collection website.

I will utilise two quantitative research methods, time series graph and Pearson correlation coefficient to achieve my objectives. The sampling, data validity, details of the methodologies are mentioned in the following chapters. I will come up with a result which illustrates the statistical relations between educational inputs and outputs.

The process of the research can be considered as applying educational production function or cost-benefit analysis. Finally, I will provide implications of my research on education policy making. I doubted the validity of input-based policy based on the results of my research, while I provide guide and suggestions to educational policymakers.