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Performance-Based Staff Layoffs in the Public Schools: Implementation and Outcomes.
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Johnson, Susan Moore – Harvard Educational Review, 1980
In response to declining enrollments, some local school districts are using performance criteria to determine the order of teacher layoffs. The difficulties of implementing this practice are illustrated by the experiences of four Massachusetts school districts. Interviews with principals reveal the adverse impact upon teacher-principal relations…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria, Institutional Autonomy