How much student learning do you think a school district could gain just by better assigning its teachers to schools?
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
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In the context of schools, the usual way would be to look for an assignment of student-teacher matches such that no pair wants to swap.
We attend to teacher well-being, only considering assignments that make each teacher at least as well off from their own perspective as the status quo.
But don’t maximize it.
- we only observe each teacher matched to classrooms where they teach, &
- matches we observe are not random, reflect selection by principals in offering jobs & teachers in applying & accepting them.
Observe openings for which any teacher qualifies, their decisions to apply, principals’ interview, rank, & offer decisions, & teacher offer acceptance decisions.
Linked to teacher job assignments & student learning.