RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Teachers’ Labor Market Responses to Performance Evaluation Reform: Experimental Evidence from Chicago Public Schools JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press DO 10.3368/jhr.51.3.0514-6390R1 A1 Lauren Sartain A1 Matthew P. Steinberg YR 2015 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2015/11/20/jhr.51.3.0514-6390R1.abstract AB 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. Further, 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.