Eliminating attrition inequities alone does little to close teacher quality gaps¶
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Evidence · 1 study · theoreticalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2028: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Attrition-only reform, without addressing mobility and hiring, does little to close TQGs in simulation estimates. → Dan Goldhaber 2023
Evidence¶
Dan Goldhaber 2023¶
Dan Goldhaber, Matt Kasman, Vanessa Quince, Roddy Theobald, Malcolm Wolff. (2023). How Did it Get this Way? Disentangling the Sources of Teacher Quality Gaps through Agent-Based Modeling. Social Science Research, vol. 116. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-research/vol/116 doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102941
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The Washington State simulation estimates that "eliminating inequities in teacher attrition without addressing mobility and hiring does little to close gaps," distinguishing attrition's small contribution from the larger roles of mobility and hiring. No gap-closing timeline is printed for this scenario.
"On the other hand, eliminating inequities in teacher attrition without addressing mobility and hiring does little to close gaps."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Eliminating hiring inequities alone would close teacher quality gaps within 10 years — related
- Eliminating inequities in both teacher mobility and hiring would close teacher quality gaps within 5 years in simulations — related
- Teacher attrition, mobility, and hiring jointly contribute to teacher quality gaps between students of color and other students — a broader claim this one bears on
- Teacher attrition patterns do not contribute to inequitable access to effective teachers — related
- Assuring that poor and minority children had teachers of the same quality as other children would close about half the achievement gap — related
- Teacher hiring and transfer patterns are consistent with small effectiveness differences, while attrition does not contribute to inequitable access — related
- Teacher hiring and transfer patterns are consistent with small differences in teacher effectiveness by student income — related
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Eliminating attrition inequities alone does little to close teacher quality gaps |
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Eliminating attrition inequities alone does little to close teacher quality gaps |
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