Evaluation of the Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TXCEE) Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Alexander, Celeste; Reyes, Pedro; Stephens, Sarah
Institution	Texas Education Research Center
Titel	Evaluation of the Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TXCEE) Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2021), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Educational Finance; Incentive Grants; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Beginning Teachers; Teacher Effectiveness; Economically Disadvantaged; Lunch Programs; Academic Achievement; Teacher Salaries; Suburban Schools; School Districts; Rural Urban Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Finanzieller Anreiz; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Mittagessen; Schulleistung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Stadt-Land-Beziehung
Abstract	Federal policy recognizes the importance of effective educators, particularly in high-needs schools. Research has shown that the most critical school-related factor that influences student learning and achievement is teacher quality (Hanushek, 2011). The Texas Center for Educator Excellence (TxCEE) aims to address the research-based and policy-based need to improve educator quality in Texas. TxCEE's mission is to equip educators to improve student achievement through the alignment of district resources, campus leadership training, and strategies to increase educator effectiveness. This report addresses the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Fund (TSL) program which impacts 4 districts including 62 high-need schools, over 2,500 professional staff, and over 39,000 students in Texas. Descriptive statistics will be the primary method for this project. The data available through the Texas Education Research Center provides comprehensive access to information across the educational pipeline, data from non-TSL districts for comparison, and the ability to determine the root causes for human capital and student achievement challenges in the participating high-need districts. This report discuses three important important findings from the evaluation: (1) The percent of new hires prepared through a traditional program has decreased over time in most of the sample districts; (2) Of the newly hired teachers, the proportion who are new to teaching increases with higher percentages of economic disadvantage determined by Free or Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL) among the students; and (3) Teachers in large suburban districts on average earn higher salaries than teachers in other geographic district categories. There is also less variation in average salary between the group of large suburban districts. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Education Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg #137 TCB, Rm 1.143A, L4500, Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512-471-4528; Web site: https://texaserc.utexas.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01