PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Johnson, Susan Moore
TI  - Performance-Based Staff Layoffs in the Public Schools: Implementation and Outcomes
AID  - 10.17763/haer.50.2.k3031l43654250p1
DP  - 1980 Jul 01
TA  - Harvard Educational Review
PG  - 214--233
VI  - 50
IP  - 2
4099  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/50/2/214.short
4100  - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/50/2/214.full
SO  - herp1980 Jul 01; 50
AB  - In response to declining school enrollments, some local school districts are using performance criteria to determine the order of teacher layoffs. In this article, Susan Moore Johnson reviews efforts to implement such practices in four local school districts. The findings of the study indicate that performance-based layoff policies are not easily translated into practice. Furthermore, interviews with principals in these districts suggest that the unintended consequences of performance-based layoff practices may limit their educational worth.