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Loeb, Susanna; Miller, Luke C.; Wyckoff, James – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2014
This paper describes teacher tenure reforms first enacted by the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) during the 2009-10 academic year (AY) and the changes in the district's teacher workforce following the reforms. We show that the reforms dramatically changed the proportion of eligible teachers receiving tenure, as well as the career…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Screening Tests, Educational Improvement, Tenure
Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Ronfeldt, Matthew; Wyckoff, James – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
Many large urban school districts are rethinking their personnel management strategies, often giving increased control to schools in the hiring of teachers, reducing, for example, the importance of seniority. If school hiring authorities are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Personnel Management
Beteille, Tara; Kalogrides, Demetra; Loeb, Susanna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2011
Principals tend to prefer working in schools with higher-achieving students from more advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Principals often use schools with many poor or low-achieving students as stepping stones to what they view as more desirable assignments. District leadership can also exacerbate principal turnover by implementing policies…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Principals