Talent Transfer Initiative¶
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Evidence · 9 claims (9 for) · 4 studies (4 causal),q2–q3· 0 of 4 report an effect size · 8 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A U.S. Department of Education–supported programme that offered high-performing teachers financial incentives to transfer into hard-to-staff schools within participating districts.
Components¶
- Talent Transfer Initiative (TTI) transfer-incentive program: The Talent Transfer Initiative is a transfer-incentive strategy piloted in seven school districts from 2007 to 2014, offering $20,000 per teacher to move high-performing teachers into hard-to-staff schools. The report describes it as "a transfer-incentive strategy, known as the Talent Transfer Initiative (TTI)," which is "intended to expand disadvantaged students' access to the most effective teachers." Districts used it to fill targeted vacancies with top-performing teachers. (Steven Glazerman et al. (2012))
Claims¶
- The transfer incentive targeted high-performing teachers into the hardest-to-staff schools within their own districts [+W]
- A study of a $20,000 selective transfer incentive examined high-performing teachers' behavioral responses in 10 districts [+W]
- Offering $20,000 per teacher filled 90 percent of targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools with high-performing teachers across seven districts [+M]
- TTI increased elementary school test scores but not middle school test scores [+M]
- Most TTI teachers stayed on the job even after transfer payments ended [+M]
- A $20,000 selective transfer incentive offers high-performing teachers in 10 districts payment to move into their district's hardest-to-staff schools [+W]
- TTI transfer incentives increased elementary school students' math and reading test scores by an estimated 4 to 10 percentile points [+M]
- TTI was more cost-effective than similar teacher-transfer incentive interventions [+W]
- Most TTI teachers stayed on the job even after incentive payments ended [+M]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Ali Protik, Steven Glazerman, Julie Bruch, Bing-ru Teh. (2015). Staffing a Low-Performing School: Behavioral Responses to Selective Teacher Transfer Incentives. Education Finance and Policy, vol. 10, no. 4. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/journal-article-staffing-a-lowperforming-school-behavioral-responses-to-selective
- 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
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