Effective Schools: Teacher Hiring, Assignment, Development, and Retention

Effective Schools: Teacher Hiring, Assignment, Development, and Retention

The literature on effective schools emphasizes the importance of a quality teaching force in improving educational outcomes for students. In this article we use valueadded methods to examine the relationship between a school’s effectiveness and the recruitment, assignment, development, and retention of its teachers. Our results reveal four key findings. First, we find that more effective school...

Cost-effective hiring in US high schools: estimating optimal teacher quantity and quality decisions

Teacher Applicant Hiring and Teacher Performance : Evidence from DC Public Schools

Selecting more effective teachers among job applicants during the hiring process could be a highly cost-effective means of improving educational quality, but there is little research that links information gathered during the hiring process to subsequent teacher performance. We study the relationship among applicant characteristics, hiring outcomes, and teacher performance in Washington DC Publ...

Teacher Applicant Hiring and Teacher Performance :

Selecting more effective teachers among job applicants during the hiring process could be a highly cost-effective means of improving educational quality, but there is little research that links information gathered during the hiring process to subsequent teacher performance. We study the relationship among applicant characteristics, hiring outcomes, and teacher performance in Washington DC Publ...

Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Public and Private Schools

Private school salaries are substantially below those in public school systems. Nonetheless, private school heads are as satisfied as public school principals with the quality of their new teachers and substantially more satisfied with their experienced instructors. This difference remains after controlling for school and community characteristics and for the principal’s tenure and educational ...