Lower REACH ratings predicted teacher exit: more than half of unsatisfactory-rated teachers left CPS and low-VAM teachers moved out of tested grades/subjects¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The lower the evaluation rating, the more likely teachers were to leave their schools; more than one-half of unsatisfactory-rated teachers exited CPS and an additional 16 percent switched schools within CPS. → Sartain 2020 q2 i? Teachers with low value-added measures were less likely than teachers with high VAMs to be teaching in a tested grade/subject the subsequent year. → Sartain 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Sartain 2020¶

Sartain, L., Zou, A., Gutiérrez, V., Shyjka, A., Hinton, E., Brown, E.R., & Easton, J.Q. (2020). Teacher Evaluation in CPS: Perceptions of REACH Implementation, Five Years In. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

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Analysis of teacher mobility under REACH by evaluation rating. The release reports that "More than one-half of teachers who received “unsatisfactory” ratings exited CPS" and 16 percent switched schools, with lower ratings generally predicting greater likelihood of leaving.

"More than one-half of teachers who received “unsatisfactory” ratings exited CPS and an additional 16 percent switched schools within CPS."

Sartain 2020 (2)¶

Sartain, L., Zou, A., Gutiérrez, V., Shyjka, A., Hinton, E., Brown, E.R., & Easton, J.Q. (2020). Teacher Evaluation in CPS: Perceptions of REACH Implementation, Five Years In. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

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Analysis of within-school classroom assignment changes under REACH. Teachers with low VAMs were, per the release, "less likely than teachers with high VAMs to be teaching in a tested grade/subject the subsequent year."

"Teachers with low value-added measures (VAMs) were less likely than teachers with high VAMs to be teaching in a tested grade/subject the subsequent year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teachers rated classroom observation scores as the most accurate REACH measure of teaching effectiveness and value-added measures as the least accurate — related
• REACH evaluation ratings rose over time, with nearly 9 in 10 teachers receiving one of the top two ratings by 2016-17 — related
• Missed observations left 24 percent of non-tenured teachers without a REACH rating, concentrated in a smaller number of schools undergoing organizational change — related
• The Danielson Framework identified far more teachers as low-performing than the prior CPS checklist (8 percent vs 0.3 percent) — related
• Fewer non-tenured teachers were rated in the top two categories under REACH (58%) than under the previous checklist system (87%) — related