How has iZone Teacher Recruitment Affected the Performance of Other Schools? Examining Systemic Effects of Teacher Recruitment for School Turnaround

About the Brief

This brief continues the examination of Tennessee’s efforts to turn around its lowest performing schools by reviewing the extent to which statewide iZone teacher recruitment has impacted the schools from which these teachers came.

Key Findings

1. Students in schools losing teachers to iZone schools experienced a small negative effect as a result of those teacher losses, particularly in reading and science.
2. This effect of losing teachers was smaller in Priority schools than in non-Priority schools.
3. The small negative effects of losing teachers in the schools that lost these teachers does not appear to offset the positive effects in iZone schools. Overall, considering both, our calculations show a net positive impact on students in Tennessee as a result of the iZone initiative.

Suggested Citation

Kho, A., Henry, G.T., Zimmer, R., & Pham, L. (2018). How has iZone teacher recruitment affected the performance of other schools? Examining systemic effects of teacher recruitment for school turnaround. Tennessee Education Research Alliance