Moreover, much of the decision - making
that affects teaching assignment, teacher distribution, and support of teachers is under the authority of local decision - makers.»
We therefore use a variety of fixed effects approaches to estimate the link between student achievement and these three forms of being to new one's job
assignment — new to
teaching, new to school, or new to position within the same school — with a particular focus on the latter given that so many teachers experience within - school reassignments and we know so little about how students are
affected by it.