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Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job. The Hamilton Project Policy Brief No. 2006-01
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Gordon, Robert; Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. – Brookings Institution, 2006
While policymakers have tried to improve teacher workforce effectiveness by raising certification requirements, research shows that credentials correlate little with teaching excellence, as measured by student performance. School districts do little additional screening and commonly award tenure after two or three years regardless of performance.…
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