{"id":601,"date":"2012-10-08T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2012-10-08T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T17:51:58","slug":"missouris-teacher-career-ladder-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/ncpi-publications\/program-evaluations-and-experiments\/other-program-evaluations\/missouris-teacher-career-ladder-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri&#8217;s Teacher Career Ladder Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/584\/2012\/10\/200815_BookerGlazerman_CareerLadder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-606\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/584\/2012\/10\/200815_BookerGlazerman_CareerLadder-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>Although Missouri has had a career ladder program for teachers since 1987, there has been little research examining the program&#8217;s effects. This paper examines the program&#8217;s effect on student achievement using longitudinal data on district math and reading scores for 524 Missouri school districts over a nine-year period. Our primary specification compares achievement levels in participating districts with a matched group of non-participating districts. We also examine alternative specifications, including controlling for prior district scores and using variation in district participation over time to look at within-district effects. Across the range of specifications, the estimated effects range from small positive effects to no effect in both subjects. We conclude that if the Career Ladder has a positive impact on test scores, it is probably very small.<\/p>\n<p>To read this paper, please <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/584\/2012\/10\/200815_BookerGlazerman_CareerLadder.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Missouri has had a career ladder program for teachers since 1987, there has been little research examining the program&#8217;s effects. This paper examines the program&#8217;s effect on student achievement using longitudinal data on district math and reading scores for 524 Missouri school districts over a nine-year period. Our primary specification compares achievement levels in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"parent":599,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions\/646"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/performanceincentives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}