PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matthew A. Kraft
TI  - Teacher Effects on Complex Cognitive Skills and Social-Emotional Competencies
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.54.1.0916.8265R3
DP  - 2017 Sep 05
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0916-8265R3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2017/09/01/jhr.54.1.0916.8265R3.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2017/09/01/jhr.54.1.0916.8265R3.full
AB  - I exploit the random assignment of class rosters in the MET Project to estimate teacher effects on students’ performance on complex open-ended tasks in math and reading, as well as their growth mindset, grit, and effort in class. I find large teacher effects across this expanded set of outcomes, but weak relationships between these effects and performance measures used in current teacher evaluation systems including value-added to state standardized tests. These findings suggest teacher effectiveness is multidimensional, and high-stakes evaluation decisions are only weakly informed by the degree to which teachers are developing students’ complex cognitive skills and social-emotional competencies.