Education Working Paper No. 6 September 2004The Teachability Index: Can Disadvantaged Students Learn?
Table 1: The Teachability Index
Year
Teachability
Readiness
Economics
Community
Health
Race
Family
1970
0.0%
1971
-0.6%
4.1%
-0.1%
0.9%
-0.4%
-8.2%
1972
0.2%
8.2%
4.5%
0.6%
-0.8%
-11.2%
1973
0.3%
12.3%
6.9%
0.1%
-1.2%
-16.6%
1974
16.4%
6.5%
-0.3%
-1.7%
-21.2%
1975
-0.7%
20.6%
3.4%
-2.1%
-26.9%
1976
22.6%
6.3%
-0.9%
-2.6%
-25.1%
1977
24.6%
-3.8%
0.4%
-3.0%
-25.0%
1978
26.7%
11.4%
-5.4%
-3.4%
-27.1%
1979
1.3%
28.7%
12.8%
-4.9%
-25.3%
1980
1.0%
30.0%
8.8%
-3.3%
-0.2%
-4.4%
1981
30.1%
5.8%
-4.1%
-4.6%
-24.3%
1982
30.2%
2.2%
-1.0%
-5.1%
-27.2%
1983
30.3%
1.9%
-0.5%
-5.6%
-25.8%
1984
30.4%
5.4%
-7.6%
-6.1%
-23.9%
1985
30.6%
-1.6%
-6.5%
-25.7%
1986
10.7%
-2.4%
-7.0%
-25.6%
1987
27.2%
11.6%
-2.9%
-7.5%
-28.3%
1988
25.5%
-2.0%
-4.2%
-8.0%
-29.6%
1989
27.4%
14.5%
-1.8%
-5.3%
-8.5%
-28.1%
1990
0.5%
35.5%
13.0%
-5.8%
-9.1%
-30.3%
1991
26.1%
9.5%
-1.3%
-9.6%
-34.1%
1992
-3.6%
21.9%
7.0%
-10.1%
-38.3%
1993
-4.0%
25.7%
-1.5%
-3.7%
-10.5%
-39.8%
1994
43.8%
-11.0%
-45.4%
1995
47.8%
13.8%
-2.3%
-2.5%
-11.5%
-47.9%
1996
46.1%
13.9%
-12.0%
-48.7%
1997
2.7%
57.0%
17.7%
-12.6%
-46.6%
1998
57.4%
21.2%
2.0%
1.5%
-13.1%
-44.3%
1999
65.2%
25.2%
3.0%
-13.5%
-43.1%
2000
8.3%
60.6%
26.9%
10.8%
4.7%
-36.9%
2001
8.7%
62.4%
23.9%
12.5%
5.2%
-17.3%
-34.5%
Figure 1a: The Teachability Index
Figure 1b: Component Indexes
Figure 1c: Teachability, Spending, and Achievement
[Table 1] [Figure 1a] [Figure 1b] [Figure 1c] [Table 2] [Figure 2] [Table 3] [Figure 3][Table 4] [Figure 4] [Table 5] [Figure 5] [Table 6] [Figure 6] [Table 7] [Figure 7] [Table 8] [Figure 8] [Table 9] [Table 10] [Figure 10] [Table 11] [Table 12] [Figure 12][Table 13] [Figure 13]