ERIC Number: EJ1386910
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
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Can a Commercial Screening Tool Help Select Better Teachers?
Olivia L. Chi; Matthew A. Lenard
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v45 n3 p530-539 Sep 2023
Improving teacher selection is an important strategy for strengthening the quality of the teacher workforce. As districts adopt commercial teacher screening tools, evidence is needed to understand these tools' predictive validity. We examine the relationship between Frontline Education's TeacherFit instrument and newly hired teachers' outcomes. We find that a 1 SD increase on an index of TeacherFit scores is associated with a 0.06 SD increase in evaluation scores. However, we also find evidence that teachers with higher TeacherFit scores are more likely to leave their hiring schools the following year. Our results suggest that TeacherFit is not necessarily a substitute for more rigorous screening processes that are conducted by human resources officials, such as those documented in recent studies.
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Teacher Selection, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Policy, Predictive Validity, Scores, Teacher Persistence, Public School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B150010
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