Residency-completer principals remained in CPS at similar rates as other principals, with no evidence of differential exit or transfer¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: local conditions change quickly

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q2 i? Residency-completer principals had similar rates of transfer to other CPS schools and exit from the district as other principals—no more likely to stay, but also no evidence the training led them to leave. → Rivkin 2023

Evidence¶

Rivkin 2023¶

Rivkin, S.G., Sartain, L., & Schiman, J.C. (2023). Training and retaining effective school leaders: Results from efforts to improve principal effectiveness in Chicago Public Schools. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/training-retaining-effective-school-leaders

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Personnel-data analysis of employment trajectories found "similar rates of transfer to other CPS schools and exit from the district" for residency completers versus other principals. The authors had worried training value might be lost to outside employment but found no supporting evidence.

"Residency-completer principals had similar rates of transfer to other CPS schools and exit from the district as other principals—which does mean, on the flip side, that they are also no more likely to stay in CPS than non-residency principals."

Discussion¶

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