| Jianping Shen
University of Washington
Teacher retention and attrition in public schools
FINAL REPORT:
This study inquires into teacher retention and attrition by conducting discriminant function analyses on data gathered in 1990-91 School and Staffing Survey and 199192 Teacher Followup Survey. The sample size of this study is 3,612 (weighted N = 2,404,592). Among the three groups of teachers who stayed in the same school (stayers), moved to another school voluntarily (movers), or left teaching of their own accord (leavers) between 1990-91 and 1991-92 school years, stayers can be statistically distinguished from movers and leavers on personal characteristics, school characteristics, and their perceptions of school- and profession-related issues. Policy suggestions based on the findings include building into teaching a career ladder, empowering teachers, providing incentives to teachers working in schools with more disadvantaged students, and taking a multiple-perceptive approach to the issue of teacher retention and attrition.
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