Series
Upjohn Institute working paper ; 15-217
**Published Version**
In Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 35(3): 615-638
DOI
10.17848/wp15-217
Issue Date
January 2015
Abstract
The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) increased accountability pressure in U.S. public schools by threatening to impose sanctions on Title 1 schools that failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) in consecutive years. Difference-in-difference estimates of the effect of failing AYP in the first year of NCLB on teacher effort in the subsequent year suggest that, on average, teacher absences in North Carolina fell by about 10 percent, and the probability of being absent 15 or more times fell by about 30 percent. Reductions in teacher absences were driven by within-teacher increases in effort and were larger among more effective teachers.
Sponsorship
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Early Career Research Award 14-147-03, American University Faculty Research Support Grant
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; K-12 Education; Teachers and compensation
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Citation
Gershenson, Seth. 2015. "Performance Standards and Employee Effort: Evidence from Teacher Absences." Upjohn Institute Working Paper 15-217. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/wp15-217