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Published:
February 2019
Authors:
Sy Doan
Laura K. Rogers
This brief examines whether Tennessee schools are distributing teacher quality equitably across the Pre-K and elementary grades.
Published:
February 2019
Authors:
Sy Doan
Laura K. Rogers
This analysis compares the effectiveness of lower and upper elementary school teachers using longitudinal Tennessee data on Pre-K to Grade 5 students and teachers between 2005-06 to 2015-16. Teacher "reassignment" is defined as teachers who stay in the same school but teach a different grade between two adjacent years. This analysis makes use of both cross-sectional and within-school comparisons.