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(2013). Findings vs. interpretation in “The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers” by Chetty et al. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21(10) . This article is part of EPAA/AAPE’s Special Issue on Value-Added: What America’s Policymakers Need to Know and Understand, Guest Edited by Dr. Audrey Amrein-Beardsley and Assistant Editors Dr. Clarin Collins, Dr. Sarah Polasky, and Ed Sloat. Retrieved [date], from [http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1264](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1264) .  \nAbstract: The authors of the study “The Long-Term Impact of Teachers” claim that their study shows that increases in teacher value-added lead to significant and lasting increases in test scores and significant increases in income that will last throughout adulthood. Instead, I show that these claims are false because they are contradicted by the findings of the study itself. In fact, the results of the Chetty et al. study raise serious questions about the benefits of using the value-added method for evaluating teachers.  \nKeywords: Value added; teacher evaluation.  \nResultados vs interpretación en \"Los efectos a largo plazo de los docentes\"  \nResumen: Los autores del estudio \"El impacto a largo plazo de maestros\" (original en inglés “The Long-Term Impact of Teachers”) afirman que su estudio demuestra que aumentos en el valoragregado de los docentes conducen a aumentos significativos y duraderos en pruebas de resultados académicos y aumentos significativos en los ingresos económicos a lo largo de la edad adulta. Por el contrario, mostramos que estas afirmaciones son falsas, ya que se contradicen con las conclusiones  \nJournal website: [http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/ ](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/  Manuscript)[ Manuscript](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/  Manuscript) received: 11/12/2012  \nFacebook: /EPAAA Revisions received: 12/03/2012  \nTwitter: @epaa_aape Accepted: 12/31/2012  \nEducation Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 21 No. 10 SPECIAL ISSUE 2  \ndel propio estudio. Así, los resultados del estudio de Chetty et al. plantean serias dudas sobre los beneficios de usar el método de valor agregado para la evaluación de los docentes.  \nPalabras clave: modelos de valor añadido (MVA); evaluación docente  \nResultados versus desempenho “impacto de longo prazo de professores”  \nResumo: Os autores do estudo \"O impacto de longo prazo de professores\" dizem que seu estudo mostra que os aumentos no valor agregado dos professores leva a aumentos significativos eduradouros em provas de desempenho acadêmico e aumentos significativos de renda durante a vida adulta. Contrariamente nós mostramos que essas alegações são falsas, e que contradizem asconclusões do próprio estudo. Assim, os resultados do estudo Chetty et al. levantam sérias dúvidas sobre os benefícios de usar modelos de valor agregado para avaliar os professores.  \nPalavras-chave: modelos de valor agregado (MVA); avaliação dos professores.  \nIntroduction ∗  \nThe study,“The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood,” by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff (Chetty et al., 2011) has not yet been published in an academic journal, but it has nevertheless received wide attention. 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