Prediction of In-Service Success in Teaching

Chapter V: Local Selection, Placement, and Administrative Relations

“…In addition to Barr and others (2), who summarized a number of researches on the measurement and prediction of teaching efficiency, Durflinger (11) reviewed several studies of the prediction of teaching success; and Gould (20), Jones (26), Lins (30), Brookover (6), and Seagoe (53) reported the results of various tests and inventories in relation to teaching success as judged by available criteria (ratings and pupil gain).…”

Chapter V: Observational Methods of Research

“…Seagoe (114) found that the success of twenty-five teachers, after two years of service, measured by ratings by school administrators directly over them, was correlated with test scores on personality, emphasizing mental health, obtained while they were in training. Prognostic tests of teaching ability given at the same time showed no predictive ability.…”

Appraisal of the Individual

“…Potts (76) reported a predictive correlation coefficient of 0.406 between the nursing aptitude tests developed by the Psychological Corporation and three-year averages made in training. Seagoe (86) followed teachers into the field and compared their rated success with test scores determined when they began the study of education at the University of California in Los Angeles. The evolution of objective criteria of success in teaching would greatly increase the significance of prediction in this area.…”