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EPI Policy briefs

The Power of Teacher Selection to Improve Education

March 1, 2016
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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...
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Other reports

Principled Principals

July 1, 2011
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Brian Jacob
If principals have the authority to dismiss teachers, will they dismiss the less effective ones, or will they instead make perverse decisions by letting the good teachers go? Evidence from low-stakes surveys suggests that principals are able to...
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EPI Working papers

New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply

February 1, 2011
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Brian Jacob, Mimi Engel
Recent evidence on the large variance in teacher effectiveness has spurred renewed interest in teacher labor market policies. A substantial body of prior research documents that more highly qualified teachers tend to work in more advantaged schools,...
Teacher writing on chalk board
EPI Working papers

Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?

November 1, 2008
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Brian Jacob, Jonah Rockoff, Thomas Kane, Douglas Staiger
Research on the relationship between teachers' characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire. However, most...
Teacher writing on chalk board
EPI Working papers

The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains

June 1, 2008
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Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren, David Sims
Educational interventions are often narrowly targeted and temporary, and evaluations often focus on the short-run impacts of the intervention. Insofar as the positive effects of educational interventions fadeout over time, however, such assessments...
Student paying attention to teacher in class

Bringing the Actual Science of Reading to Policy and Practice

Nov 19, 2020 1:29:12

Come learn from four stakeholders renowned for their experience and expertise in improving children's literacy; two professors of education, an education reporter, and the head of one of Michigan's school administrator associations.

Eric Hanushek: Will U.S. schools drag us down?

Mar 10, 2010 1:25:53

Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution talks about the societal and economic returns of long-term investment in schools, particularly problematic ones, as well as possible school reform policies that can help transform schools. March, 2010.

Robert Pianta: Improving impacts of classrooms

Nov 19, 2008 1:17:02

Robert Pianta discusses how to improve school and classroom experiences through teachers' professional development in his talk titled "Improving Impacts of Classrooms: Professional Development and Classroom Observation." November, 2008.