The Effect of Evaluation on Teacher Performance

1 The Effect of Evaluation on Teacher Performance BY ERIC S. TAYLOR AND JOHN H. TYLER* Teacher Performance Evaluation has become a dominant theme in school reform efforts. Yet whether Evaluation changes the Performance of teachers, the focus of this paper, is unknown. Instead Evaluation has largely been studied as an input to selective dismissal decisions. We study mid-career teachers for whom we observe an objective measure of productivity value-added to student achievement before, during, and after Evaluation . We find teachers are more productive in post- Evaluation years, with the largest improvements among teachers performing relatively poorly ex-ante. The results suggest teachers can gain information from Evaluation and subsequently develop new skills, increase long-run effort, or both.

evaluation and subsequently develop new skills, increase long-run effort, or both. The effect of evaluation on employee performance has been a long-standing interest shared by researchers, firms, and policy makers across sectors. Still, relatively little empirical attention has been given to the potential long-run effects

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