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Table 1.

Teacher Characteristics across RIFed and Non-RIFed Teachers in 2009 and 2010

	2009				2010
	RIFed	Non-RIFed	Difference	N	RIFed	Non-RIFed	Difference	N
	Panel A: All Teachers
Experience	13.07	10.21	2.86^***	8,918	5.60	11.03	−5.43^***	8,491
Seniority	8.04	6.14	1.90^***	8,918	1.87	6.98	−5.11^***	8,491
Probationary teacher	0.842	0.421	0.421^***	8,918	0.844	0.329	0.515^***	8,491
Returning retired	0.225	0.000	0.225^***	8,918	0.003	0.001	0.002	8,491
teacher
Late hire	0.267	0.011	0.256^***	8,918	0.419	0.009	0.410^***	8,491
Licensure deficiency	0.162	0.038	0.124^***	8,918	0.169	0.022	0.147^***	8,491
Evaluation score:	−0.507	0.058	−0.565^***	4,729	−1.211	0.055	−1.266^***	8,038
1-year
Evaluation score	0.394	−0.016	−0.378^***	7,837	−0.902	0.026	−0.928^***	8,374
Math value-added	−0.004	0.004	−0.008	1,847	−0.062	0.007	−0.069^***	1,869
score
Reading value-added	−0.005	0.004	−0.009	1,270	−0.014	0.001	−0.015⁺	1,897
score
	Panel B: Excluding Returning Retired Teachers
Evaluation score:	−0.864	0.058	−0.922^***	4,600	−1.219	0.055	−1.274^***	8,031
1-year
Evaluation score	−0.697	−0.016	−.681^***	7,703	−0.909	0.025	−0.934^***	8,362
Math value-added	−0.025	0.004	−0.029^*	1,821	−0.061	0.007	−0.068^***	1,864
score
Reading value-added	−0.013	0.004	−0.017^*	1,261	−0.014	0.001	−0.015⁺	1,894
score
	Panel C: Tenured Teachers
Evaluation score:	−1.415	0.317	−1.732^***	877	−1.440	0.152	−1.592^***	5,270
1-year
Evaluation score	−0.867	0.115	−0.982^***	3,911	−0.875	0.136	−1.011^***	5,463
Math value-added	−0.051	0.008	−0.059^*	1,127	−0.120	0.008	−0.128^**	1,326
score
Reading value-added	−0.014	0.008	−0.022	661	−0.046	0.002	−0.048^*	1,333
score

	2009				2010
	RIFed	Non-RIFed	Difference	N	RIFed	Non-RIFed	Difference	N
	Panel A: All Teachers
Experience	13.07	10.21	2.86^***	8,918	5.60	11.03	−5.43^***	8,491
Seniority	8.04	6.14	1.90^***	8,918	1.87	6.98	−5.11^***	8,491
Probationary teacher	0.842	0.421	0.421^***	8,918	0.844	0.329	0.515^***	8,491
Returning retired	0.225	0.000	0.225^***	8,918	0.003	0.001	0.002	8,491
teacher
Late hire	0.267	0.011	0.256^***	8,918	0.419	0.009	0.410^***	8,491
Licensure deficiency	0.162	0.038	0.124^***	8,918	0.169	0.022	0.147^***	8,491
Evaluation score:	−0.507	0.058	−0.565^***	4,729	−1.211	0.055	−1.266^***	8,038
1-year
Evaluation score	0.394	−0.016	−0.378^***	7,837	−0.902	0.026	−0.928^***	8,374
Math value-added	−0.004	0.004	−0.008	1,847	−0.062	0.007	−0.069^***	1,869
score
Reading value-added	−0.005	0.004	−0.009	1,270	−0.014	0.001	−0.015⁺	1,897
score
	Panel B: Excluding Returning Retired Teachers
Evaluation score:	−0.864	0.058	−0.922^***	4,600	−1.219	0.055	−1.274^***	8,031
1-year
Evaluation score	−0.697	−0.016	−.681^***	7,703	−0.909	0.025	−0.934^***	8,362
Math value-added	−0.025	0.004	−0.029^*	1,821	−0.061	0.007	−0.068^***	1,864
score
Reading value-added	−0.013	0.004	−0.017^*	1,261	−0.014	0.001	−0.015⁺	1,894
score
	Panel C: Tenured Teachers
Evaluation score:	−1.415	0.317	−1.732^***	877	−1.440	0.152	−1.592^***	5,270
1-year
Evaluation score	−0.867	0.115	−0.982^***	3,911	−0.875	0.136	−1.011^***	5,463
Math value-added	−0.051	0.008	−0.059^*	1,127	−0.120	0.008	−0.128^**	1,326
score
Reading value-added	−0.014	0.008	−0.022	661	−0.046	0.002	−0.048^*	1,333
score

Notes:^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001; ⁺p < 0.10. p-values are derived from regressions of the given characteristic on an indicator for layoff status. Principal evaluation scores are standardized in a teacher-year-level data set. Value-added scores are expressed in student-test-score standard deviations. These analyses include 619 RIFed teachers in 2009 and 384 RIFed teachers in 2010 for whom data on all descriptive measures other than performance are available.

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