Screen Twice, Cut Once: Assessing the Predictive Validity of Teacher Selection Tools. CEDR Working Paper WP 2014-9

Autor/inn/en	Goldhaber, Dan; Grout, Cyrus; Huntington-Klein, Nick
Institution	Center for Education Data & Research (CEDR)
Titel	Screen Twice, Cut Once: Assessing the Predictive Validity of Teacher Selection Tools. CEDR Working Paper WP 2014-9
Quelle	(2014), (58 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Teacher Selection; Predictive Validity; Selection Tools; Public Schools; Public School Teachers; Job Applicants; Academic Achievement; Teacher Attendance; Faculty Mobility; Value Added Models; Elementary Secondary Education; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auslesekriterium; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bewerber; Schulleistung
Abstract	Evidence suggests teacher hiring in public schools is ad-hoc and often does not result in good selection amongst applicants. Some districts use structured selection instruments in the hiring process, but we know little about the efficacy of such tools. In this paper we evaluate the ability of applicant selection tools used by Spokane Public Schools (SPS) to predict three outcomes: measures of teachers' value-added contributions to student learning, teacher absence behavior, and attrition rates. We observe all applicants to the district, and are therefore able to estimate sample selection corrected models using random tally errors in selection instruments and differences in the quality of competition across job postings. These two factors influence the probability of being hired into SPS but are unrelated to measures of teacher performance. We find that the screening instruments predict teacher value-added in student achievement and teacher attrition, but not teacher absences. A one standard deviation increase in screening scores is associated with an increase of between 0.03-0.07 standard deviations in student achievement and a decrease in teacher attrition of 2.5 percentage points. [For the related brief "It's Selective, but Is It Effective? Exploring the Predictive Validity of Teacher Selection Tools. CEDR Brief. Policy Brief No. 2014-9," see ED558094.] (As Provided).
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