Rethinking Teacher Turnover: Longitudinal Measures of Instability in Schools

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      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      14
    • Subject Terms:
      Labor Turnover; Teacher Persistence; Educational Policy; Teacher Supply and Demand; Institutional Characteristics; Poverty; Socioeconomic Influences; Urban Schools; Rural Schools; Suburban Schools; Minority Group Students; Low Achievement
    • Subject Terms:
      Texas
    • Accession Number:
      10.3102/0013189X17735813
    • ISSN:
      0013-189X
    • Abstract:
      While there is a robust literature examining the patterns and causes of teacher turnover, few articles to date have critically examined the measures of turnover used in these studies. Yet, an assessment of the way turnover is measured is important, as the measures become the means by which the "problem" of turnover becomes defined and its varying dimensions understood. In this conceptual essay, we outline a typology of teacher turnover measures, discussing both measures used in existing teacher turnover literature as well as new measures that we have developed. We illustrate each of the measures using 10 years of administrative data from Texas. We discuss how the measures can help illuminate different ways in which staff instability can affect schools and identify schools that suffer from particularly severe staffing issues. We conclude with implications for policymakers and researchers who may seek to apply these measures to future empirical studies.
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      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      46
    • Publication Date:
      2018
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1167438