Teacher accountability reforms and the supply and quality of new teachers

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kraft, Matthew A.; Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun M.; Schwegman, David J.
• 署名单位: Brown University; University of Connecticut; Vanderbilt University; American University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104212
• 发表日期: 2020
• 关键词: Teacher supply; Teacher evaluation; teacher quality; education; Teacher hiring

摘要

In recent years, states have sought to increase accountability for public school teachers by implementing a package of reforms centered on high-stakes evaluation systems. We examine the effect of these reforms on the supply and quality of new teachers. Leveraging variation across states and time, we find that accountability reforms reduced the number of newly licensed teacher candidates and increased the likelihood of unfilled teaching positions, particularly in hard-to-staff schools. Evidence also suggests that reforms increased the quality of newly hired teachers by reducing the likelihood new teachers attended unselective undergraduate institutions. Decreases in job security, satisfaction, and autonomy arc likely mechanisms for these effects. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.