The Educator’s Professional Inventory

The Game-Changing, Actionable Lessons Learned From Hiring for School

Improvement

Agenda

1. Brief Intro to Don2. Video: Moneyball for teachers?!?3. Basic Introduction to Research4. Resume Roulette Activity5. Going Deeper on the Research and Using it to

Inform Hiring and Increase Student Achievement

6. Taking the Next Step

Moneyball as an Analogy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiAHlZVgXjk

Recent research has made it possible to create a tool that predicts the impact that a teacher candidate will have on student achievement.

Teachers Are the Most Important Factor

• Yet very little effort has been placed into making sure they are hired with scientific precision.

• Can you predict teacher candidate performance? Yes!• EPI is the first and only comprehensive tool that

predicts the impact that teachers will have on student achievement. And, because of advanced machine learning capabilities, it gets better and better the longer it is in use.

Resume Roulette

1. Break into Small Groups2. Review your stack of resumes and quickly

identify 2 people to bring in for an interview.3. Then, create a list with the top 3 criterion

that the group agrees are the most important for making these decisions.

4. Select a speaker who will quickly share the 2 people and the criterion.

Resume Roulette

Name Votes Name VotesIsabel Abreu Victor Laporte XXAngelito Balboa Carlos Ocon XXConor Lefere Sandra Bogaczyj XXEJ Kilfoy X Mary BerblingerLinnea Garrett XX Serene

VethanayagamonyMary Rogers X Sophia Jones XPhoenix Pearson X Tchaka TARachelle Ashford Tarun KumarSunil Swami Olla KazounNilda Barraza X Rebecca LegenskiCourtney Tomaino X Erika Sanders XJennifer Morris Ednina Welters

It’s Time for a Change

Linking the Human Capital Chain

Meta-Analysis of Hundreds of StudiesAn in-depth review of the literature yields four areas that matter most.

Our Research Consortium

TeacherMatch Nationwide ResearchSample deliberately varied by location, school type, size, and demographics.

Automating Sophisticated Analytics

Hierarchical Linear Modeling:Indicates which items on the EPI are most predictive of student growth.

Technology Platform:Uses HLM and VAM results to deliver the EPI to assess candidates and report on their results.

Value-Add Modeling:Used as a Dependent Variable in our HLM model; our operational definition of “teacher effectiveness.”

EPI is truly an inter-disciplinary undertaking. We bring together specialists from multiple fields who normally do not dialogue.

The System Learns Over Time

The addition of SEM along with R on the technology side will enable a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) that will allow for a real-time EPI that is context specific right down to the school and classroom level.

Hierarchical Linear Modeling

Technology Platform

Value-Add Modeling

Adaptive EPI

Sequential Equation Modeling

EPI Is Artificially Intelligent Research in Action

Candidate Grid = Actionable & FastNow you can interview only the candidates most likely to be an effective teacher.

Translating Score to Likelihood of Student GrowthValue-Add Modeling (VAM) removes factors that are not under the teacher’s control.

VAM DistributionThink of this as a distribution of teachers’ ability to deliver student growth.

Professional Development Profile (PDP)Uses evidence-based EPI results to customize a PD report.

Baseline Teaching Force

One Year of Scientifically Based Hiring

Two Years of Scientifically Based Hiring

Three Years of Scientifically Based Hiring

Normal Student Growth

Impact of Scientifically Based Hiring Over Time

Impact of Scientifically Based Hiring Over Time

Contact

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, thoughts, or ways that we can assist you.

Don Fraynd, PhDCEO of TeacherMatchdfraynd@teachermatch.org773.655.8806