Recruiting highly motivated and capable individuals to train and later work as teachers is key for improving instructional quality. Yet, research suggests students who performed best in secondary school often prefer other professions. We use a longitudinal retrospective survey of high-school graduates who completed the PISA-2009 assessment to determine, through multi-variate logistic regression models, to what extent the negative selection hypothesis applies to the Uruguayan case. Results show negative selection into teacher training exists in Uruguay, with individual, family and previous schooling factors playing a determinant role in this choice of tertiary studies.

招聘有上进心和能力的个人进行培训，然后再担任教师，这是提高教学质量的关键。然而，研究表明，中学成绩最好的学生通常更喜欢其他职业。我们使用纵向回顾性调查对完成PISA-2009评估的高中毕业生进行调查，以通过多元logistic回归模型确定否定选择假设在多大程度上适用于乌拉圭案例。结果表明，乌拉圭存在对教师培训的否定选择，个人，家庭和以前的教育因素在选择高等教育时起决定性作用。