@EdWorkingPaper{ai21-496,
title = "The Effect of Teacher Evaluation on Achievement and Attainment: Evidence from Statewide Reforms",
author = "Joshua Bleiberg, Eric Brunner, Erica Harbatkin, Matthew A. Kraft, Matthew Springer",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "496",
year = "2021",
month = "December",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-496",
abstract = {Starting in 2009, the U.S. public education system undertook a massive effort to institute new high-stakes teacher evaluation systems. We examine the effects of these reforms on student achievement and attainment at a national scale by exploiting the staggered timing of implementation across states. We find precisely estimated null effects, on average, that rule out impacts as small as 1.5 percent of a standard deviation for achievement and 1 percentage point for high school graduation and college enrollment. We also find little evidence of heterogeneous effects across an index measuring system design rigor, specific design features, and district characteristics.},
}