Laik Woon Teh

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Laik Woon Teh
Senior Fellow Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University

Laik Woon Teh is a senior fellow at the Office of Education Research at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research focuses on the application of statistical and measurement models for policy analysis and program evaluation. He is involved in the design and review of policy-related research projects in the Ministry of Education and other public sector agencies. He is also a senior principal research specialist at the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore, where he serves as divisional director for research, management, and information and oversees the Corporate Research Office. He is a member of the Economics Experts Group at the Civil Service College, Singapore. Teh earned a BA in physics and theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge, an MEd from Harvard University, and a PhD in quantitative methods and evaluation from the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Publications by Laik Woon Teh
The Influence of State Policy and Community
Findings show that charter schools in the US perform similarly or worse than public schools due to disparities in resources. State regulation leads to fewer uncredentialed teachers, and more state spending equals more equal teacher salaries. Local…