teacher assessment

EPI Policy briefs

The Power of Teacher Selection to Improve Education

March 1, 2016

Brian Jacob

This brief describes the findings from a study of the teacher selection system used by the District of Columbia Public Schools, which concludes that smart hiring can be less costly and more effective in raising teacher quality than many popular...

EPI Working papers

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

March 1, 2016

Brian Jacob, Jonah Rockoff, Eric Taylor, Benjamin Lindy, Rachel Rosen

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...

Other reports

When Principals Rate Teachers

March 1, 2006

Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren

Elementary- and secondary-school teachers in the United States traditionally have been compensated according to salary schedules based solely on experience and education. Concerned that this system makes it difficult to retain talented teachers and...

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EPI Working papers

Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education

June 1, 2005

Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren

In this paper, we compare subjective principal assessments of teachers to the traditional determinants of teacher compensation - education and experience - and another potential compensation mechanism – value-added measures of teacher effectiveness...

Melissa Clark: Supplying disadvantaged schools with effective teachers

Apr 7, 2014 1:14:56

Melissa Clark presents findings from the first large-scale experimental study of secondary math teachers from TFA. April, 2014.

Matthew Springer: Teacher pay for performance

Sep 22, 2010 1:41:48

Matthew Springer discusses the impact of the POINT intervention on student achievement as well as teacher behavior and organizational dynamics. September, 2010.