The effect of evaluation on performance. Evidence from longitudinal student achievement data of mid-career teachers.

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Eric S.; Tyler, John H.
Titel	The effect of evaluation on performance. Evidence from longitudinal student achievement data of mid-career teachers.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2011), 30, [13] S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. 16877
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Lehrer; Schüler; Humankapital; Arbeitspapier; Bewertung; USA
Abstract	"The effect of evaluation on employee performance is traditionally studied in the context of the principal-agent problem. Evaluation can, however, also be characterized as an investment in the evaluated employee's human capital. We study a sample of mid-career public school teachers where we can consider these two types of evaluation effect separately. Employee evaluation is a particularly salient topic in public schools where teacher effectiveness varies substantially and where teacher evaluation itself is increasingly a focus of public policy proposals. We find evidence that a quality classroom-observation-based evaluation and performance measures can improve mid-career teacher performance both during the period of evaluation, consistent with the traditional predictions; and in subsequent years, consistent with human capital investment. However the estimated improvements during evaluation are less precise. Additionally, the effects sizes represent a substantial gain in welfare given the program's costs"-- National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2011/4