ERIC Number: ED616792
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 68
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Can Personnel Policy Improve Teacher Quality? The Role of Evaluation and The Impact of Exiting Low-Performing Teachers. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-486
Sartain, Lauren; Steinberg, Matthew P.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Personnel evaluation systems have historically failed to identify and remediate low-performing teachers. In 2012, Chicago Public Schools implemented an evaluation system that incorporated remediation and dismissal plans for low-rated teachers. Regression discontinuity estimates indicate that the evaluation reform increased the exit of low-rated tenured teachers by 50 percent. The teacher labor supply available to replace low-rated teachers was higher performing on multiple dimensions, and instrumental variables estimates indicate that policy-induced exit of low-rated teachers significantly improved teacher quality in subsequent years. Policy simulations show that the teacher labor supply in Chicago is sufficient to remove significantly more low-performing teachers.
Descriptors: Personnel Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Dismissal, Teacher Discipline, Public School Teachers, Program Implementation, Regression (Statistics), Educational Policy, Tenure, Educational Change, Teacher Supply and Demand
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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