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Teacher Layoffs: An Empirical Illustration of Seniority vs. Measures of Effectiveness. Brief 12
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Boyd, Donald J.; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Wyckoff, James H. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2010
This policy brief, a quick look at some aspects of the debate, illustrates the differences in New York City public schools that would result when layoffs are determined by seniority in comparison to a measure of teacher effectiveness. Due to data limitations and an interest in simplicity, this analysis employs the value added of teachers using the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Job Layoff, Tenure