ERIC Number: ED555632
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 11
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WWC Review of the Report "Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review
What Works Clearinghouse
For the 2013 study, "Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment," researchers examined the impact of the Talent Transfer Initiative (TTI) on students' reading and mathematics achievement in 10 school districts. The TTI enabled principals of low-performing schools to provide bonuses to high-performing teachers when they transferred to and stayed in the low-performing schools. Researchers randomly assigned teacher teams to the TTI program or to a comparison group over two years. They found that elementary students from TTI teams scored higher on state-specific mathematics and reading standardized tests at the end of program Year 2 than those from comparison teams. There were no impacts in test scores at the end of the program Year 1 for the elementary and middle school samples and no impacts at the end of the program Year 2 for the middle school samples. A subset of the analyses has low attrition and meets WWC group design standards without reservations. The following are appended: (1) Study Details; (2) Outcome Measures for Each Domain; and (3) Study Findings for Each Domain. [The following study is the focus of this Single Study Review: Glazerman, S., Protik, A., Teh, B., Bruch, J., & Max, J. (2013). "Transfer incentives for high-performing teachers: Final results from a multisite randomized experiment" (NCEE 2014-4003). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2190/fulltext/ED544269.pdf. For the full report, see ED544269.]
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Teacher Competencies, Low Achievement, Incentives, Teacher Effectiveness, School Districts, Teacher Transfer, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Scores, Program Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, Intervention, Teamwork, Principals, Teacher Placement, At Risk Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
IES Funded: Yes
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
IES Cited: ED544269
IES Publication: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/SingleStudyReview.aspx?sid=228