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The Compositional Effect of Rigorous Teacher Evaluation on Workforce Quality

Julie Berry Cullen, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons

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We study how the introduction of a rigorous teacher evaluation system in a large urban school district affects the quality composition of teacher turnovers. With the implementation of the new system, we document increased turnover among the least effective teachers and decreased turnover among the most effective teachers, relative to teachers in the middle of the distribution. Our findings demonstrate that the alignment between personnel decisions and teacher effectiveness can be improved through targeted personnel policies. However, the change in the composition of exiters brought on by the policy we study is too small to meaningfully impact student achievement.

Working Paper 168-0717 was updated March 2019, it was orginally published July 2017.

Research Area
Teacher Workforce
Citation
Julie Berry Cullen, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons (2017). The Compositional Effect of Rigorous Teacher Evaluation on Workforce Quality. CALDER Working Paper No. 168-0717-2