Most TTI teachers stayed on the job even after transfer payments ended¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Retention of transferred teachers persisted beyond the incentive period: most TTI teachers remained on the job after payments ended. → Steven Glazerman 2012

Evidence¶

Steven Glazerman 2012¶

Steven Glazerman, Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, Julie Bruch, Neil Seftor. (2012). Moving High-Performing Teachers: Implementation of Transfer Incentives in Seven Districts. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Intermediate impact reported in the TTI evaluation's key findings: teacher retention continued after the $20,000 payments concluded. The page prints no retention rate or effect size.

"Most TTI teachers stayed on the job even after payments ended."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Offering $20,000 per teacher filled 90 percent of targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools with high-performing teachers across seven districts — related
• TTI was more cost-effective than similar teacher-transfer incentive interventions — related
• Most TTI teachers stayed on the job even after incentive payments ended — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• A study of a $20,000 selective transfer incentive examined high-performing teachers' behavioral responses in 10 districts — related
• A $20,000 selective transfer incentive offers high-performing teachers in 10 districts payment to move into their district's hardest-to-staff schools — related
• TTI transfer incentives increased elementary school students' math and reading test scores by an estimated 4 to 10 percentile points — related
• TTI did not increase test scores in middle schools — related
• The transfer incentive targeted high-performing teachers into the hardest-to-staff schools within their own districts — related