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Can a Commercial Screening Tool Help Select Better Teachers?
Do commercially available screening tools help schools and districts hire better teachers? Study from Olivia Chi and Matthew Lenard, suggests caution before making a big investment.
The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
Researchers analyzed the impact of school discipline on student achievement, educational attainment and future involvement with the criminal justice system.
A Classroom Observer Like Me: The Effects of Race-congruence and Gender-congruence Between Teachers and Raters on Observation Scores
Olivia Chi examined how race and gender dynamics influence administrators’ subjective assessments of teachers in classroom observations.