Lowering the Bar or Moving the Target: A Wage Decomposition of Michigan's Charter and Traditional Public School Teachers

Autor/in	Harris, Debbi C.
Titel	Lowering the Bar or Moving the Target: A Wage Decomposition of Michigan's Charter and Traditional Public School Teachers
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 42 (2006) 3, S.424-460 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X05282612
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Teacher Effectiveness; Public School Teachers; Multivariate Analysis; Academic Achievement; Institutional Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Salary Wage Differentials; Teacher Salaries; National Surveys; Predictor Variables; Teacher Selection; Public Schools; School Choice; Teaching Experience; Teacher Certification; Michigan; Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Multivariate Analyse; Schulleistung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Prädiktor; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	Background: The quality of a school's teaching force has a significant effect on student learning. One potential lever for increasing teacher quality is through selecting and rewarding teachers with desired characteristics. Purpose: To analyze differences and similarities in the salary determinants of Michigan's charter and traditional public schools. Participants: The representative sample included 723 full-time traditional public school teachers and 468 full-time charter school teachers in Michigan during the 1999-2000 school year. Research Design: This is a multivariate analysis of quantitative data. A secondary analysis of survey data was performed, allowing for greater generalizability across the population of interest. Data Collection and Analysis: The 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey was the data source. This NCES survey provides comprehensive data on school and staff characteristics that are representative at the state level. Findings: The average Michigan charter school teacher earns more than $15,000 less than the average Michigan traditional public school teacher. Two thirds of this salary difference is because charter school teachers often have lower endowments of valued characteristics, such as experience and certification. Conclusions: Charter school administrators appear to be selecting and rewarding teachers in innovative ways that could have a positive impact on teacher quality. They are hampered in these efforts by the depressed salaries offered in many charter schools. (Contains 4 tables and 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10