Abstract
This article reviews evidence regarding the intertemporal reliability of teacher rankings based on value-added methods. Value-added methods exhibit low reliability, yet are broadly supported by prominent educational researchers and are increasingly being used to evaluate and fire teachers. The article then presents a cost-effectiveness analysis suggesting that the use of value-added methods to identify and fire the bottom 40% of all teachers reduces average student achievement, is extremely expensive, and is not cost-effective. The policy implication of these results is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 374-399 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of Education Finance |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |