Notes 1 Countries where the authors did not find an effective probationary period are Argentina,
El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Uruguay. 2 Chapter Annexes to the book may be found at http://www.worldbank.org/lac/teachers. 3 SIMCE test scores have a standard deviation of about 50 points. 4 Taut and Sun (forthcoming), however, note, “One weakness of the supervisor instrument has
always been the inflated scores” with school directors consistently rating all teachers between “competent” and “outstanding.”
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