PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Simon Briole
AU  - Éric Maurin
TI  - There's Always Room for Improvement: The Persistent Benefits of a Large-scale Teacher Evaluation System
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.1220-11370R1
DP  - 2022 Mar 09
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 1220-11370R1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/01/jhr.1220-11370R1.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/03/01/jhr.1220-11370R1.full
AB  - In France, secondary school teachers are evaluated every five to six years by senior experts from the Ministry of Education. These evaluations involve the supervision of one class session, a debriefing interview and the writing of an official evaluation report. Their results are used to determine teachers' career advancement. We show that these repeated evaluations help improve teacher effectiveness (as measured by their students' performance) at all stages of their career. The impact on student performance is particularly strong in priority education schools and remains significant several years after students leave middle school. Evaluators' feedback likely plays a key role in improving teacher effectiveness.