Making the Cut: the Effectiveness of Teacher Screening and Hiring in the Los Angeles Unified School District

Autor/inn/en	Bruno, Paul; Strunk, Katharine O.
Titel	Making the Cut: the Effectiveness of Teacher Screening and Hiring in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 41 (2019) 4, S.426-460 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/0162373719865561
Schlagwörter	Teacher Selection; Teacher Evaluation; School Districts; Screening Tests; Prediction; Academic Achievement; Barriers; Performance; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Policy Analysis; Educational Policy; Value Added Models; Elementary Secondary Education; English; Language Arts; Mathematics Achievement; Scoring; Correlation; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; School district; Schulbezirk; Screening-Verfahren; Vorhersage; Schulleistung; Achievement; Leistung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Politikfeldanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; English language; Englisch; Sprachkultur; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Bewertung; Korrelation
Abstract	Many schools and districts have considerable discretion when hiring teachers, yet little is known about how that discretion should be used. Using data from a new teacher screening system in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), we find that performance during screening, and especially performance on specific screening assessments, is significantly and meaningfully predictive of hired teachers' evaluation outcomes, contributions to student achievement, attendance, and mobility. However, applicants' performance on individual components of the screening process are differentially predictive of different teacher outcomes, highlighting challenges and potential trade-offs faced by districts during screening. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01