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Title: Assessing the IMPACT: Accountability Reform, Student Achievement, and Teacher Retention in DCPS
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: This study analyzes teacher evaluation reform in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) as a case study of the efficacy of high-stakes teacher evaluation in urban school systems. The effect of evaluation reform in DCPS on measures of teacher quality, standardized test scores, teacher satisfaction, teacher retention, and future labor supply is examined. Evaluation reform has produced mixed results with some improvement in teacher quality and student achievement. Quantitative measures of student achievement have improved but inequities across student sub-populations persist. Teacher attrition is very high, which undermines positive effects of the new evaluation regime. Regional teacher credential enrollment is found to have decreased dramatically, which may impact DCPS as enrollment grows.
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Authors: O'Dell-Smith, Samuel
Institution: California State University, Northridge
Department: Political Science
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Publisher Location: Los Angeles
Pages: 1-75
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Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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