The Compositional Effect of Rigorous Teacher Evaluation on Workforce Quality

Julie Cullen, Cory Koedel and Eric Parsons ()

No 1614, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Missouri

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Teacher quality; teacher evaluation; teacher attrition; education workforce quality; public sector management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 78 pages
Date: 2016-10, Revised 2019-03
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