@article {Sartain615, author = {Lauren Sartain and Matthew P. Steinberg}, title = {Teachers{\textquoteright} Labor Market Responses to Performance Evaluation Reform: Experimental Evidence from Chicago Public Schools}, volume = {51}, number = {3}, pages = {615--655}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.51.3.0514-6390R1}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Traditional teacher evaluation systems have come under scrutiny for not identifying, supporting, and, if necessary, removing low-performing teachers from the classroom. Leveraging the experimental rollout of a pilot evaluation system in Chicago, we find that, while there was no main effect of the pilot on teacher exit, the pilot system increased exit for low-rated and nontenured teachers. Furthermore, teachers who exited were lower performing than those who stayed and those who replaced them. These findings suggest that reformed evaluation systems can induce low-performing teachers to exit schools and may also improve the overall quality of the teacher labor force.}, issn = {0022-166X}, URL = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/3/615}, eprint = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/3/615.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Human Resources} }