Table 2

Teacher Characteristics

Teacher CharacteristicAll Non-EITP CPS Elementary School TeachersTreatment School TeachersControl School TeachersP-Value of Difference Between EITP and Non-EITP MeansP-Value of Difference Between Treatment and Control Means
Demographics
    Male0.150.150.160.6410.877
    Black0.300.330.360.2010.413
    Latino0.200.130.110.0000.477
    White0.470.480.470.7830.669
Certification
    Early childhood0.180.190.190.0820.773
    Elementary0.810.790.800.1670.916
    Secondary0.180.180.210.1370.067
    Special education0.270.290.280.0550.746
    National board0.020.030.020.6230.486
Degree
    Bachelors0.960.960.980.5020.042
    Masters0.580.570.610.4870.202
    Doctorate0.010.010.010.1920.467
Major
    Math0.020.020.020.5410.450
    Science0.030.030.040.3180.468
    Education0.810.810.820.7540.377
Prior evaluation rating
    Unsatisfactoryn/a0.000.00n/a0.080
    Satisfactoryn/a0.060.07n/a0.859
    Excellentn/a0.330.28n/a0.128
    Superiorn/a0.590.62n/a0.402
Experience in CPS
    Years teaching10.62
(8.64)
10.89
(8.64)
11.48
(9.11)
0.0450.190
    1–3 years0.240.240.210.2870.132
    4–10 years0.280.260.280.3430.134
    10–20 years0.350.370.350.4600.470
    >20 years0.130.130.160.1010.155
Turnover rate
    Teachers leaving0.080.080.070.2150.194
        CPS in 2007–2008
    Number of teachers12,0941,2481,463
  • Notes: Mean (standard deviation) are reported for the 2008–2009 school year. Prior evaluation rating is a teacher’s summative year-end evaluation rating for the 2006–2007 or 2007–2008 school years. No teachers in treatment schools were rated Unsatisfactory, while only three teachers in control schools were rated Unsatisfactory. Experience in CPS is years teaching in CPS and does not include any years teaching outside of CPS. There are 566 teachers in the EITP treatment and control schools missing a prior evaluation rating; 116 of these teachers are in their first year; the other teachers could be missing ratings for various reasons, including successfully grieving a rating. The p-value of the difference between treatment and control teachers is adjusted for area fixed effects to account for the unit of randomization as well as for the clustering of teachers in schools.