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Table 8.

The Relationship between Teacher Layoffs in a Previous Year and Student Achievement in Mathematics across Math and Non-Math Teachers

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
LAYOFF Math	−0.021	0.000	−0.039	0.017
	(0.025)	(0.031)	(0.025)	(0.051)
LAYOFF Non-Math	−0.006	−0.004	−0.033	0.034
	(0.028)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.061)
Seniority Math		−0.003⁺
		(0.002)
Seniority Non-Math		0.000
		(0.002)
Evaluation Math			−0.027⁺
			(0.016)
Evaluation Non-Math			−0.021
			(0.020)
Math Value-Added				−0.077⁺
				(0.041)
Reading Value-Added				−0.006
				(0.021)
Observations	241,572	241,572	241,572	241,572
p-value from Joint F-test	–	0.302	0.793	0.198

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
LAYOFF Math	−0.021	0.000	−0.039	0.017
	(0.025)	(0.031)	(0.025)	(0.051)
LAYOFF Non-Math	−0.006	−0.004	−0.033	0.034
	(0.028)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.061)
Seniority Math		−0.003⁺
		(0.002)
Seniority Non-Math		0.000
		(0.002)
Evaluation Math			−0.027⁺
			(0.016)
Evaluation Non-Math			−0.021
			(0.020)
Math Value-Added				−0.077⁺
				(0.041)
Reading Value-Added				−0.006
				(0.021)
Observations	241,572	241,572	241,572	241,572
p-value from Joint F-test	–	0.302	0.793	0.198

Notes:⁺p < 0.10. Standard errors clustered by teacher are reported in parentheses. P-values are from joint F-tests of coefficient equality between the math and nonmath seniority, evaluation, and value-added coefficients in each model. See table 6 notes for further details.

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