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Anderson, Kaitlin P.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Strunk, Katharine O. – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
Over the past decade, many states enacted substantial reforms to teacher-related laws and policies. In Michigan, the state legislature implemented requirements for teacher evaluation based partly on student achievement, reduced tenure protections, and restricted the scope of teacher collective bargaining. Some teacher advocates view such reform as…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Labor Market, Educational Change, Academic Achievement
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Brunner, Eric; Cowen, Joshua M.; Strunk, Katharine O.; Drake, Steven – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2019
We examine the effect of Michigan's 2011 reforms to teacher evaluation and tenure policies on teacher retention. Our data are drawn from administrative records containing the population of public school employees from 2005-2006 through 2014-2015. To identify the causal effects of these reforms on teacher attrition, we utilize a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, State Policy, Teacher Evaluation
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Drake, Steven; Auletto, Amy; Cowen, Joshua M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2019
In July 2011, the State of Michigan adopted a broad set of teacher labor market reforms, including a high-stakes evaluation system designed in part to remove low-performing teachers. We examine the characteristics of teachers rated as "minimally effective" and "ineffective," as well as their schools, and the relationship…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Teacher Characteristics