An HLM Analysis of the Effects of a Teachers' Contract on More Equitable Distribution of Experienced Faculty in Urban Schools

Autor/in	Offenberg, Robert M.
Titel	An HLM Analysis of the Effects of a Teachers' Contract on More Equitable Distribution of Experienced Faculty in Urban Schools
Quelle	(2008), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Contracts; Teacher Distribution; Teaching Experience; Regression (Statistics); Urban Schools; Trend Analysis; Low Income Groups; White Students; Reading Achievement; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vertrag; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Trendanalyse; Leseleistung
Abstract	This paper presents a family of three hierarchical analyses of trends in the distribution of experienced teachers among schools. The analyses were used to assess whether implementation of key provisions of the 2004 contract between the Philadelphia School District and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) led to a more equitable teacher-experience distribution. HLM was applied to three years of pre-contract school data to create an Elementary/K-8, a Middle School and a High School function describing the relationship between characteristics of the students attending schools and the experience of the teachers in their faculties. The pre-contract equations were then applied to appropriate school data, yielding an estimate of what the experience of each school would have been post-contract if the contract had had no effect. Residuals, the differences between the HLM-based predictions and the actual experience of each schools faculty, were computed and then subjected to additional analyses. The results showed that the teachers' contract provisions were associated with an increase in school faculty experience in the school district. However the increase occurred mainly at more middle class schools, and not in the ones that were subject to contract provisions designed to attract experienced teachers. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.) [This research was a component of an evaluation managed by Research for Action, Philadelphia, PA.] (Author).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10