Can a Commercial Screening Tool Help Select Better Teachers?

Autor/inn/en	Chi, Olivia L.; Lenard, Matthew A.
Titel	Can a Commercial Screening Tool Help Select Better Teachers?
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 45 (2023) 3, S.530-539 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lenard, Matthew A.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/01623737221131547
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Teacher Selection; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Characteristics; Educational Policy; Predictive Validity; Scores; Teacher Persistence; Public School Teachers; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	Improving teacher selection is an important strategy for strengthening the quality of the teacher workforce. As districts adopt commercial teacher screening tools, evidence is needed to understand these tools' predictive validity. We examine the relationship between Frontline Education's TeacherFit instrument and newly hired teachers' outcomes. We find that a 1 SD increase on an index of TeacherFit scores is associated with a 0.06 SD increase in evaluation scores. However, we also find evidence that teachers with higher TeacherFit scores are more likely to leave their hiring schools the following year. Our results suggest that TeacherFit is not necessarily a substitute for more rigorous screening processes that are conducted by human resources officials, such as those documented in recent studies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01