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ERIC Number: EJ1456394
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 33
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6688
Measuring Returns to Experience Using Supervisor Ratings of Observed Performance: The Case of Classroom Teachers
Courtney Bell; Jessalynn James; Eric S. Taylor; James Wyckoff
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v44 n1 p12-44 2025
We study the returns to experience in teaching, estimated using supervisor ratings from classroom observations. We describe the assumptions required to interpret changes in observation ratings over time as the causal effect of experience on performance. We compare two difference-in-differences strategies: the two-way fixed effects estimator common in the literature, and an alternative which avoids potential bias arising from effect heterogeneity. Using data from Tennessee and Washington, DC, we show empirical tests relevant to assessing the identifying assumptions and substantive threats--e.g., leniency bias, manipulation, changes in incentives or job assignments--and find our estimates are robust to several threats.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee; District of Columbia
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