Human-resource roadblocks rose sharply from 2009 to 2017: difficulty removing poor teachers increased from 39 to 48 percent, and concern over recruiting and hiring the right teachers nearly quadrupled from 12 to 44 percent¶

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Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The proportion of administrators rating difficulty removing poor teachers in the top category increased 9 percentage points from 2009 (39 percent) to 2017 (48 percent). → Bruzgulis 2019 q2 i? The proportion indicating a high degree of concern over recruiting and hiring teachers nearly quadrupled from 12 percent to 44 percent from 2009 to 2017. → Bruzgulis 2019

Evidence¶

Bruzgulis 2019¶

Bruzgulis, A., Hart, H., & Young, C. (2019). The challenges facing CPS administrators: Roadblocks to school improvement. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/challenges-facing-cps-administrators

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Descriptive comparison of 2017 survey responses against 2009 responses on staffing roadblock items; the brief reports the top-category proportion for difficulty removing poor teachers rose from "39 percent" to "48 percent" despite the REACH teacher evaluation reform introduced in 2012.

"the proportion of administrators who rated this in the top category increased 9 percentage points from 2009 (39 percent) to 2017 (48 percent)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Charter administrators reported greater difficulty recruiting and hiring teachers and much higher teacher turnover, but far less difficulty removing poor teachers, than non-charter administrators in 2017 — related
• High school, new, and low-achieving-school principals perceive significantly more difficulty recruiting and hiring the right teachers — related
• Managing resources under student-based budgeting was the single most challenging roadblock CPS administrators reported since 1992, with 66 percent rating it a significant or complete roadblock in 2017 — related
• Latent class analysis of roadblock responses identified three roughly equally sized administrator groups—Limited, Moderate, and Considerable Roadblocks—differing in breadth and depth of concern — related
• Principals most commonly cited time for teacher planning, difficulty removing poor teachers, community social problems, apathetic parents, test-score pressure, and problem students as roadblocks — related
• REACH evaluation ratings rose over time, with nearly 9 in 10 teachers receiving one of the top two ratings by 2016-17 — related
• The same four roadblocks to school improvement topped principals' rankings across ten years of surveys, with subgroup contrasts in emphasis — related